Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of Ellis Allen

Petition subject: To repeal the interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation law and all laws making any distinctions based on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381150 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Medfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Henry Wilson, Natick; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Ellis AllenDavid ClarkHarriet H. Hardy Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-27,1842-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 27, 1842 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 28, 1842 and concurred Total signatures: 41 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 Female signatures: 24 Unidentified signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057 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.