House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1286, SC1/series 230, Petition of Cyrus Peirce

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029529 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Loring Moody, Harwich Selected signatures:Cyrus PeirceNathaniel BarneyEbenezer W. AllenJoseph MitchellRobert GardnerJane HewesAnna GardnerAndrew MacyIsaac AustinAbsalom F. BostonDavid JoyEdward J. PompeyLydia MitchellWesley Berry Legislative action: Laid on the table Total signatures: 98 Legislative action summary: Laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 49 Female signatures: 26 Unidentified signatures: 23 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], [males of color], [females of color], ["others"], ["inhabitants"] 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 Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1286 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.