House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1286, SC1/series 230, Petition of Julius Lyons

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029530 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel L. Gibbens, Boston Selected signatures:Julius LyonsDavid W. RugglesWilliam Berry Total signatures: 339 Females of color signatures: 143 Males of color signatures: 158 Unidentified signatures: 38 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1286 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.