Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Prince S. Crowell

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668855 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: East Dennis Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward Smally, Harwich; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Prince S. CrowellSamuel D. LearsSusie H. Hall Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-28,1861-01-29 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 29, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 122 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 55 Female signatures: 43 Other male signatures: 17 Unidentified signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], [other males], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.