Passed Resolves; Resolves 1844, c.87, SC1/series 228, Petition of Jairus Lincoln

Petition subject: 3 items: no slavery, especially not without due process; no discrimination; to define rights on railroads to prevent insulting or assaulting Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670567 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hingham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Beal, Hingham; committee on the Constitutional amendment Selected signatures:Jairus LincolnSereno HoweAnna C. LitchfieldLucinda B. LincolnMary C. LincolnMary W. LincolnAbigail LincolnAnna Quincy ThaxterWilliam CushingElizabeth CushingAnna C. BurrEliza A. ThaxterCatherine K. ThaxterLucretia LeonardDavid Andrews Jr.Betsey AndrewsOliver StearnsJohn Lewis RussellLucy B. ThaxterLucy WhitonTemperance WildeHenry W. Lincoln Actions taken on dates: 1844-01-25,1844-01-26 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 25, 1844 and referred to the committee on the Constitutional amendment and received in the Senate on January 26, 1844 and concurred Total signatures: 209 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 102 Female signatures: 101 Unidentified signatures: 6 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [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 Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1844, c.87, passed March 15, 1844 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.