Senate Unpassed Legislation 1852, Docket 13568, SC1/series 231, Petition of Curtis C. Nichols

Petition subject: Military companies Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381178 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Edward L. Keyes, Norfolk; committee on the militia Selected signatures: Curtis C. Nichols D.S. King Lemuel Burr Hiram Mingo Charles C. Clapp Charles P. Morris Joseph B. Morris George W. Morris W.B. Parsons B.E. Murray A.A. Childs J.S. Potter J.L. Swift James B. Richards W.S. Dannell Hiram A. Emery John Clough Isaac Strickland Lewis Hayden F.C. Shepherd F.N. Gleason Joseph K. Hayes Edward Johnson Jr. Luther Paul Jr. Henry Paul George W. Stacy William Richardson George W. Pierce Curtis C. Nichols John M. Sewall William Wilberforce Russell Richard Howland James Hazard Jr. William White George Martin Bailey Wardwell Henry Stoddard Henry M. Hall William Gregory Charles Bradley George Collings Richard Williams Thomas Reed Bela Hessey John J. Fatal John Oliver Samuel Wilson John P. Coburn Henry Weeden William B. Breed John Johnson Jeremiah Harvey Robert Shepard Joseph Scarlett Aaron Gaul Nathan Gaul Robert Morris John M. Lenox Charles W. Calkins Thomas Bird [Joshua Penmmur?] Phineas Howard Edward Coddington Amos C. Clapp F.H. Sprague Leonard Parks S.F. Edwards Lewis Thompson Henry Doyle Edward Jackson Samuel Ford Benjamin Harwood Thomas J. Neal Isaac Stafford Simon Anderson Joseph Hawkins Peter F. Gill Solomon Guess William W. Brown [William Wells Brown?] Edward Cassell Frederick Howard James Scott Charles Abbot Richard Williams James Girrard Simon Knowles Arthur Scott Augustus Estrada Joseph Viger Norris Fines John Willard Jr. James Johnson George Washington Joseph N. Butler Robert Johnson Richard F. Field Actions taken on dates: 1852-03-24,1852-03-24 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 24, 1852 and referred to the committee on militia and sent for concurrence and received in the House on March 24, 1852 and concurred Total signatures: 137 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 137 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript : Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: To abolish militia restrictions based on color Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: