Senate Unpassed Legislation 1853, Docket 13837, SC1/series 231, Petition of Jonas W. Clark

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381179 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Prince, Essex; committee on militia Selected signatures:Jonas W. ClarkWilliam J. WatkinsRobert MorrisJohn J. FatalJohn V. de GrasseThomas TaylorJoseph B. MorrisGeorge W. MorrisWilliam R. MorrisAaron L. Morris[Lewis Gaul?]Richard HammondLemuel BurrCharles P. MorrisWilliam Drew CurtisFrederick HowardJeremiah HarveyJohn P. CoburnPeter F. GillJames BurrThomas G. WilliamsSamuel WilsonNelson FreemanRobert A. ShepardJ.M. Lewis[I.A. Decatur?]James WatkinsRobert JohnsonJohn H. SterlingThomas ThomasJohn KellyIra GrayD. JohnsonWilliam TalbertLewis HaydenPeter RandolphHenry F. WilliamsJoseph F. ClarkJohn HarrisJoseph M. GillmoreHenry DeanEdward RuhlerDudley TiddAaron GaulWilliam H. BrownFrederick F. BrownF.B. BarbadoesJoseph TurpinA.S. CasseyT.W. SteamburgGeorge AllenCharles E. WrightSimeon J.P. WheatlandHenry FarnumHarmon SadlerGeorge BlackJohn ThompsonAaron GaulE. GaulE. SaundersJohn RobinsonO. MinotJohn MortonJohn Jackson Actions taken on dates: 1853-02-16,1853-02-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 16, 1853 and referred to the committee on militia and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 17, 1853 and concurred Total signatures: 68 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 68 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Includes note asking for a hearing with Robert Morris as attorney and M.D. next to de Grasse signature Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1853, Docket 13837 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.