House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of Cyrus Peirce

Petition subject: Against railroad discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956488 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Loring Moody, Harwich Selected signatures:Cyrus PeirceCharles W. RandJane H. HewesGeorge GardnerAnna GardnerIsaac AustinAbsalom F. BostonDavid JoyEdward J. PompeyLydia MitchellWesley Berry Total signatures: 101 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 52 Female signatures: 32 Unidentified signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], [males of color], [females of color], [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1842, Docket 1153 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.