House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 577, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel Curtis

Petition subject: Mocking the petitions for the repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956333 Date of creation: 1839-01-15 Petition location: Lynn Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jeremiah C. Stickney, Lynn; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Samuel CurtisBenjamin CliffordCharles Chester Actions taken on dates: 1839-02-01 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 1, 1839 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 194 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 194 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Needs conservation; "(purporting to be) in aid" Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1839, Docket 577 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.