House Unpassed Legislation 1866, indefinitely postponed, SC1/series 230, Petition of Lewis Hayden

Petition subject: That any states in rebellion should give their solemn recognition of the equality of all men before the law Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018102 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis J. Baxter, Boston; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Lewis HaydenDavid PulsiferJ.A. GrimesJohn RuffinJames J. GardnerSamuel A. HancockPeter B. HicksJohn B. BaileyJ.M. Shirman Jr.Charles GreenLuke R. LeeC. ColtonThomas R. AppletonT.R. WatsonEdward Ruhler[F.R. Winter?]Thomas LaccountSamuel Hall Jr.C.P. WellsL.D. JohnsonEdward DavisAlbert CarterD.H. Rogers[H. Hamnon?]T.E. BakerJoshua LippenDavid Wilder Jr.H. OliverStephen B. SmithSamuel C. OliverJames F. PattersonAlbert L. FernaldHenry J. CoolidgeGeorge BarnardH.G. SwainL.B. Fifield[Benjamin C. Dean?]William F. StoddardJohn E. GilmanWilliam WiseJohn BrownJoseph F. PorterJohn DuffyGeorge P. ClappJohn V. de GrasseFred H. AdamsCharles ThayerW.E. HadleyN.B. GiffordRobert MorrisGeorge LeeJames L. Shearman[W.T. Coburn?]Thomas J. SmithWilliam GilbertJames NealJames M. TitusFrederic JohnsonHenry JamesGeorge P. RileyJohn BrownJohn RobertsonW.H. AikenJ.H. RobertsonJ.E. DuncanP.B. BrighamH.H. LeavittH.P. CaldwellJames FrancisH.H.G. ScottWilliam GravesB. HartW.H. WashingtonBenjamin BondAlfred ChurchEdward HopsonCharles W. GuessAlexander PattersonWilliam RileyJohn ThompsonH.B. WoodE.P. RobinsonBenjamin C. PiperW.W. ThayerD.W. LaddFrank ThomasJames J. MonroeEdward StrongNathaniel JonesJames BatesIsaac BrooksWilliam HarrisGeorge H. QuincyD.O. BalcomWilliam ClineWilliam H. PorterFred K. PorterG. Julian HarneyNathaniel MoodyHoratio GodboldWilliam BullockHarrie A. CushmanGeorge BuckleySamuel JacksonJohn DeaneAlfonson BowmanWilliam GoodhueOtis ChaseJoseph L. BarbadoesGeorge W. SargentObed GoodspeedGeorge M. StaplesCharles E. GleasonDavid FletcherJames TolmanWilliam C. NellWilliam PeabodyGeorge WilliamsOrlando BowmanJohn RidgwayAsa MorrillJohn EastmanGeorge J. BaileyMark R. De MortieCharles L. MitchellThomas TuckerEdward Rolfe Actions taken on dates: 1866-01-16,1866-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1866 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 17, 1866 and concurred Total signatures: 216 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 216 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: includes Lewis Hayden's signature moved to center of petition, rights of human nature or of civil government, meeting held in the First Independent Baptist Church, [religious] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1866, indefinitely postponed 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.