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

Petition subject: Against the repeal of the personal liberty laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10668867 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obediah W. Albee, Marlborough; committee on the personal liberty laws Selected signatures:Leonard A. GrimesLewis HaydenHarriet HaydenSarah E. WeighCaroline BerryHenrietta WeedenWilliam C. Bailey Actions taken on dates: 1861-01-29,1861-01-30 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1861 and referred to the committee on the personal liberty laws and received in the Senate on January 30, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 169 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Females of color signatures: 44 Males of color signatures: 56 Unidentified signatures: 69 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1861, c.91, passed March 25, 1861 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.