House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of John Nelson

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029910 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Leicester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: R. Rockwood, Leicester, [Chery Vally?], Ms.; Albert Tolman, Worcester; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:John NelsonJohn A. SmithSamuel May Jr.Effingham L. Capron 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: 266 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 133 Female signatures: 91 Other male signatures: 5 Unidentified signatures: 37 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Signatures partially separated, includes unique notes, one of which is signed by a Reverend, late pastor of 2nd congregational church, religious, and some names copied because of ink spill 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.