House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 577, SC1/series 230, Petition of Aaroline Augusta Chase

<p>Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956332">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956332</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Lynn </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Lynn; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Aaroline Augusta Chase</li><li>Eliza M. Walton</li><li>Susannah Jayne</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-12 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 12, 1839 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 670 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Female signatures: 670 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females], [minors] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Needs conservation </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1839, Docket 577 </p> <p>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.</p>