House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 2719, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel Briggs

Petition subject: Asking the legislature to determine the statistics relating to slavery and Massachusetts Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005522 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hanson Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Caleb Stetson, Braintree Selected signatures:Samuel BriggsThomas HillIsaiah Keen Actions taken on dates: 1851-03-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 22, 1851 and laid on the table Total signatures: 43 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 43 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1851, Docket 2719 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.