House Unpassed Legislation 1861, discharged by committee, SC1/series 230, Petition of Thorndike Leonard

Petition subject: For state aid to the people of Kansas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11018093 Date of creation: 1861-02-12 Petition location: Grafton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William F. Slocum, Grafton; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Thorndike LeonardCalvin S. ThurstonJohn O. FarringtonOtis FayAugustus LelandSilas ForbushCharles Brigham Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1861 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 46 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 46 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: testimony, unprecedented drought of the last season, forty thousand in destitute condition, dependent upon charities, starvation, famine, diseases, unfortunates, jaws of imminent death, one millon dollars needed, one hundred thousand dollars contributed, seed, sow and plant five hundred thousand acres of lands, act, sum, twenty five thousand dollars, state treasury, relief, resolve, sister states, taxation, direct state tax Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1861, discharged by committee 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.