Senate Unpassed Legislation 1861, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Samuel Gifford

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858782 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Fall River Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Lloyd S. Earle, Fall River; committee on the personal liberty law Selected signatures:Samuel GiffordCharles BordenIsaac Fiske Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 28, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty law and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 140 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45 Female signatures: 76 Other male signatures: 14 Unidentified signatures: 5 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: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1861, leave to withdraw 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.