Passed Acts; St. 1843, c.5, SC1/series 229, Petition of Emelina Hollis

Petition subject: Interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation law Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670409 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Braintree Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Boston; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Emelina HollisSarah H. NuddSarah E. Hutchins Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-12,1843-01-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 12, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and received in the Senate on January 13, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 43 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Female signatures: 43 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], ["women"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1843, c.5, passed February 25, 1843 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.