House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Foster

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029961 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: West Brookfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nelson Carpenter, Warren; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:William FosterEdward M. SibleySidney H. WheelerSamantha R. StoneFrancis StoneHannah Stone Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-09,1859-02-10 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 10, 1859 and concurred Total signatures: 194 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 92 Female signatures: 79 Other male signatures: 7 Unidentified signatures: 16 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, non voters, [females], [other males], [\"not legal voters\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents 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.