House Unpassed Legislation 1861, discharged by committee, SC1/series 230, Petition of Robert Morris

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018094 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on militia Selected signatures:Robert MorrisJohn S. RockJohn V. de GrasseGeorge T. DowningA.L. BarrettAlexander RobertsGeorge TeamohWilliam DunnJohn OliverJohn BayleyJohn J. SmithFleming T. JohnsonJ.L. RuffinT.R. WatsonJeremiah HarveyThomas G. WilliamsJohn H. ColbertJames WatkinsRichard L. GreenerJohn B. BaileyMark R. DeMortieW.H. SimpsonBenjamin F. WashingtonWilliam ButlerL.D. JohnsonLewis HaydenJohn H. JinkinsJoseph H. JohnsonWilliam ReddingJohn ThomasJohn T. HolleyWilliam H. ChristipherJ.W. ButlerH.G. ScottGeorge Churchwell[Enoch Saunders?]Francis WatkinsJ. Samuel Thompson Jr.Samuel WyeJ. Henry SmithJohn HarrisWilliam H. AtkinsP.E. HawkinsJohn AtkinsJ.B. SmithMathias H. LewisJoseph H. SmithP.M. HowardJohn CottonJoseph L. BarbadoesWilliam GroseJames F. WilliamsHenry SmithIsaac W. SmithCornelius A. WeedenCharles FrancisJames GardnerNathaniel LeeThomas W. SteamburgCharles JacksonRobert Johnson Jr.W.H. DavisW.W. Johnson Actions taken on dates: 1861-05-22,1861-05-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on May 22, 1861 and referred to the committee on militia and sent for conurrence and received in the Senate on May 22, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 66 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 66 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: That colored citizens may form military companies; includes M.D. next to de Grasse signature, a ready disposition to be identified with a maintenance of the government in opposition to those who would overthrow it for the sake of slavery and having never done anything to forfeit the respect or our rights as equal citizens of the commonwealth; having always been loyal, as were our fathers in times of peace, as well as when the country was periled by the fathers of some now taken into your embrace, prohibition (as is alledged) exists on the part of the national government against the enrollment of colored men in the militia, chapter 13 section 36 of the general statutes of the state, elect officers Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, discharged by committee Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.