House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Aaron Foster

Petition: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029959 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Charlemont Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Carver Hotchkiss, Franklin; committee on federal relations Top signatures:Aaron FosterHenry GilesPhinehas FieldR.H. Leavitt [Roger Hooker Leavitt]William H. LeavittHart Leavitt Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-01,1859-02-02 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 1, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the House on February 2, 1859 and concurred. Total signatures: 20 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (mal es not identified as non-legal): 20 Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents 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.