Senate Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 11662, SC1/series 231, Petition of Benjamin F. Roberts

Petition subject: Removal of the word \"color\" from the statue books Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381156 Date of creation: 1845-01-15 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Benjamin F. RobertsLemuel BurrSamuel WilsonCoffin PittsSolomon GuessJohn SmithJonas W. ClarkJohn J. SmithWilliam Lawson[Peyyton Stewart?]Benjamin P. BassettCharles A. BattisteCharles RoseHenry FreemanHenry TylerW.W. RichJohn BroombsThomas ColeMoses FergusonWilliam H. PrescottJames F. BlighWilliam C. NellHenry WeedenBenjamin WeedenJoel W. LewisJohn FatalStephen MaddoxJohn P. CoburnH. HolmesPeter AveryJohn W. HendersonJames TurnerHenry RandolphPeter SmithMoses GrandeeGeorge LatimerJohn ThompsonHenry NicholsHenry A. JohnsonJohn ArmsteadSolomon R. AlexanderFrancis P. ClaryA.G. HowardBenjamin GiggerWilliam H. Gray[Henry Amon?]Edward WilliamsJohn A. PowellDaniel Laing Jr.Thomas H. TompkinsJohn St. PierreJ. Wilson ButlerAbram SimpsonJohn Lockley MarshallEdwin MoreJames ScottJohn HoganJames FloydHenry ThackerWilliam H. LoganIsaiah HarrisonJames GilesLewis GaulD. Webster SmithIsaac MerrickIra GrayWilliam H. Alley Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-21 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 21, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 67 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Males of color signatures: 67 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: city officers, annual lists of qualified voters, insertion of the word col., colored, injustice of placing a note of distinction against the names of any portion of the citizens of this commonwealth, outrage on rights, color, great disadvantage, denial of certain rights and privileges, citizenship, equal rights and privileges Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1845, Docket 11662 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.