House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2340, SC1/series 230, Petition of Ellis Gray Loring

<p>Petition subject: Against slavery contracts or trade in Massachusetts </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005508">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005508</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George W. Greene, Milton; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Ellis Gray Loring</li><li>Charles List</li><li>[John A. Andrew?]</li><li>William H. Channing</li><li>Francis Jackson</li><li>Robert Morris Jr.</li><li>John S Dwight</li><li>Samuel May</li><li>Charles Henry Codman</li><li>Charles Baldwin</li><li>John Codman</li><li>Benjamin Greene</li><li>James Clarke</li><li>William Crosby</li><li>Robert F. Wallcut</li><li>Frederick W. Holland</li><li>Bela Marsh</li><li>Amos B. Merrill</li><li>George Minot</li><li>Charles Sumner</li><li>William F. Channing</li><li>Charles A. Joy</li><li>John W. Browne</li><li>Henry T. Parker</li><li>Walter Channing</li><li>Samuel E. Sewall</li><li>Charles Francis Adams</li><li>John Adams</li><li>Wendell Phillips</li><li>Richard Henry Dana Jr.</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1849-02-15 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 57 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 57 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] </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>: Printed </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: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2340 </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>