House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2576, SC1/series 230, Petition of George W.F. Mellen

<p>Petition subject: Against the fugitive slave laws </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005518">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005518</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1850-02 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry Wilson, Natick; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>George W.F. Mellen</li><li>Michael Logan</li><li>George Wheelock</li><li>George Stevens Jones</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1850-03-02 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on March 2, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 16 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 16 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: petitioners, ["others"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: To secure trial by jury and writ of habeas corpus </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2576 </p> <p>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.</p>