Passed Acts; St. 1861, c.91, SC1/series 229, Petition of Edward A. Newton

<p>Petition subject: For the repeal of the personal liberty laws </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668932">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668932</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1861-01-21 </p> <p>Petition location: Pittsfield </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Otis R. Barker, Pittsfield; committee on the personal liberty laws </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Edward A. Newton</li><li>Jason Clapp</li><li>William Bacon</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1861-02-09,1861-02-11 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on February 11, 1861 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 283 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 283 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 </p> <p>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.</p>