House Unpassed Legislation 1859, rejected, SC1/series 230, Petition of Melzar Sprague

Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029861 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hanson Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel U. Johnson, Abington; committee on federal relations Selected signatures:Melzar SpragueCyrus WhiteSeth Pratt Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-26,1859-03-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 26, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 4, 1859 and concurred Total signatures: 63 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 63 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["legal voters"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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.