Senate Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 10903, SC1/series 231, Petition of John Dickinson Jr.

Petition subject: To repeal the interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation law and all laws making any distinctions based on color and pass a law against railroad discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381148 Date of creation: 1841-02-24 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Appleton Howe, Norfolk; committee on the petition of Charles T. Torrey Selected signatures:John Dickinson Jr.William B. DodgeCaleb SwanJ.W. AldenC.C. Nichols Actions taken on dates: 1841-03-01 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 1, 1841 and referred to the committee on the petition of Charles T. Torrey Total signatures: 6 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 6 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: State Liberty Party Convention, president, vice presidents, secretaries, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Marlboro Chapel Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1841, Docket 10903 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.