House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of Charles Knowlton

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956434 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Waltham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Joy, Nantucket Selected signatures:Charles KnowltonJarvis LewisNelson Moore Total signatures: 10 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 10 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes message 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.