Senate Unpassed Legislation 1861, leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Aaron W. Chaffin

Petition subject: Against slave hunting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858762 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Danvers Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Tapley, Danvers; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Aaron W. ChaffinAbner S. HeadMatilda A. Pierce Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-24,1861-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 24, 1861 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 25, 1861 and laid on the table Total signatures: 282 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 183 Female signatures: 58 Other male signatures: 22 Unidentified signatures: 19 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other adults, [females], [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 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.