House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 998, SC1/series 230, Petition of Nathaniel Colver

Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956429 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Abel G. Duncan, Hanover Selected signatures:Nathaniel ColverEzra Stiles GannettThomas M. ClarkGeorge RipleyJoshua V. HimesJohn T. SargentJehiel Chapell BemanSamuel SnowdenCharles Spear Total signatures: 40 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 40 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [Brook Farm?] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1841, Docket 998 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.