House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1230A, SC1/series 230, Petition of Hosea Trumbull

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029517 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Upton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Legg, Upton; committee on that subject; committee on the petitions of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Hosea TrumbullHillel BakerPhebe Baker Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-17,1843-01-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 17, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petitions of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 19, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 116 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 42 Female signatures: 59 Other male signatures: 4 Unidentified signatures: 11 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, voters, [females], [minors], [\"others\"], [\"legal voters\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Separated into \"citizens\" and \"voters,\" pasted with another petition Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1230A 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.