Passed Acts; St. 1866, c.252, SC1/series 229, Petition of William C. Nell

Petition subject: Discrimination and places of public amusement Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956309 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry L. Pierce, Dorchester; committee on better enforcement of the laws Selected signatures:William C. NellJames Monroe TrotterJohn J. SmithLewis HaydenGeorge L. RuffinJ.B. SmithJohn V. de GrasseHenry WeedenJohn B. Bailey Actions taken on dates: 1866-04-26,1866-04-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 26, 1866 and referred to the committee on better enforcement of the laws and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on April 27, 1866 and concurred Total signatures: 10 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Males of color signatures: 10 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: theatres and places of public amusement, theater, people excluded or discriminated against on account of their color, Boston Theatre, Continental Theatre, Howard Athenaeum, daily excluding proper persons, forfeit its license and become liable to all penalties provided by law for exhibiting without a license, [includes notes next to signatures, doctor, M.D. next to de Grasse signature] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1866, c.252, passed May 23, 1866 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.