Passed Acts; St. 1885, c.316, SC1/series 229, Petition of E.G. Walker [Edwin G. Walker]

Petition subject: Racial discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25455196 Date of creation: 1885-05-30 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry J. Wells, Middlesex Selected signatures:E.G. Walker [Edwin G. Walker]James Monroe TrotterWilliam O. ArmstrongGeorge H. WorthingtonJoseph N. ButlerGeorge H. WilliamsGeorge H. JohnsonWilliam Coombs Actions taken on dates: 1885-06-01 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on June 1, 1885 Total signatures: 51 Legislative action summary: Received Males of color signatures: 51 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], [\"members of the Robert G. Shaw veteran association and others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: to punish persons making discrimination in public places on account of race or color, Head Quarters, Robert G. Shaw Veteran Association, late war for the union, liberty of the colored race, Civil War, occupations, military ranks, towns next to names including Cambridge Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1885, c.316, passed June 11, 1885 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.