House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of J.H. Brown

Petition subject: Against railroad discrimination with focus on white passengers Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956457 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Sudbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis R. Gourgas, Concord Selected signatures:J.H. BrownSally BrownLoring Eaton Total signatures: 76 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 31 Female signatures: 37 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: 11057/4 written on back Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1842, Docket 1153 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.