House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Ephraim B. Thompson

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029864 Date of creation: 1859-02-12 Petition location: Halifax Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis Jackson; John S. Eldridge, Canton; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Ephraim B. ThompsonNathan Fuller Jr.Charles Perkins Actions taken on dates: 1859-03-08,1859-03-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 8, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 9, 1859 and concurred Total signatures: 26 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 26 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: Includes note from pastor of Congregational Trinity Church, Reverend, religious 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.