Passed Resolves; Resolves 1906, c.65, SC1/series 228, Petition of David R. Overton

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500512 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Great Barrington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Noble B. Turner, Great Barrington Selected signatures:David R. OvertonJason CooleyMiss L. ClarkeMaud Van AllenSara FerrisMartha J. FitchEmme S. JacksonFreedom MooreLucinda M. Wooster Actions taken on dates: 1906-04-06 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 6, 1906 and placed on file Total signatures: 26 Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file Females of color signatures: 17 Males of color signatures: 7 Unidentified signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, from the A.M.E. Zion Church, [males of color], [females of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, Virginia, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, includes note Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1906, c.65, passed May 7, 1906 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.