House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 998, SC1/series 230, Petition of Stephen Thayer

Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956423 Date of creation: 1841-01-25 Petition location: Braintree Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Appleton Howe, Norfolk; several names from a committee Selected signatures:Stephen ThayerEbenezer C. ThayerCharles M. Fogg Actions taken on dates: 1841-02-05,1841-02-19 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 5, 1841 and laid on the table and received in the Senate on February 19, 1841 and referred to a committee Total signatures: 3 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table, received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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 1841, Docket 998 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.