House Unpassed Legislation 1878, committee on military affairs - leave to withdraw, SC1/series 230, Petition of Charles E. Allen

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763636 Date of creation: 1877-12-10 Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Hosea M. Knowlton, Bristol; committee on military affairs Selected signatures:Charles E. AllenAllen L. Lee[George Delouan?]William H. BlairStephen H. SimmonsCharles H. JohnsonJohn H. GainvilleJames AndersonAlexander WilliamsJames H. WarfieldElijah MadisonJoseph H. JonesWilliam WigginsJames CooperHarrison SuttonJohn OliverJohn WadsworthRobert R. GreenThomas W. JacksonThomas J. WainerJames R. ReynoldsJoseph H. SheptonWilliam TaylorHenry CarrollThomas SmithCharles HarrisDaniel E. GriffinHezekiah WebbAlexander RobinsonTaylor WatkinsCharles LawtonWilliam Drummond Actions taken on dates: 1878-02-05,1878-02-06 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 5, 1878 and referred to the committee on military affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the House on February 6, 1878 and concurred Total signatures: 48 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 48 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: members of the late Schouler Guards Company B 2nd Battalion M.V.M., Ex-Sergt., [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Schouler Guards, Ex-Sergeant Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1878, committee on military affairs - 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.