House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of James S. Draper

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029918 Date of creation: 1859-02-14 Petition location: Wayland Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Josiah Rutter, Waltham; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:James S. DraperHenry WrightWilliam C. Grant Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 118 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 118 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Female names initially included, but crossed out and column changed to \"legal voters\" Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected 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.