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

<p>Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029891">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029891</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Massachusetts </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Dr. J. Lewis, Waltham, Ms.; Josiah Rutter, Waltham; committee on federal relations </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William Porter</li><li>Newell Sherman</li><li>Jarvis Lewis</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1859-02-08 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 8, 1859 and referred to the committee on federal relations and sent for concurrence </p> <p>Total signatures: 66 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 40 </p> <p>Female signatures: 26 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["others"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Signatory column format: column separated </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected </p> <p>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.</p>