Passed Resolves; Resolves 1861, c.102, SC1/series 228, Petition of B.C. Clark [Benjamin C. Clark]

Petition subject: Trade with and recognition of the independent republic of Haiti Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455892 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Branning, Lee; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:B.C. Clark [Benjamin C. Clark]Prescott & DelongCotton & HaleyEbenezer NickersonJoseph AustinJoseph W. Green Actions taken on dates: 1861-03-22,1861-03-23 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 22, 1861 and referred to the committee on federal relations and received in the Senate on March 23, 1861 and concurred Total signatures: 45 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: merchants of Boston Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: matter of both right and policy, resolution urging the congress of the united states at an early day to recognize the natural independence of the republic of Hayti Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1861, c.102, passed April 11, 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.