House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel Dawes

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029853 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Savoy Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William H. Tyler II, Adams; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Samuel DawesCharles BowkerLorenzo Reed Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-07 Legislative action: Referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 7, 1859 and concurred Total signatures: 18 Legislative action summary: Referred, sent, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 15 Other male signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, others, [other males] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes circular letter to Reverends Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.