Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.256, SC1/series 229, Petition of Stephen C. Phillips

Petition subject: School discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670502 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Salem Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Mr. Remond [Charles Lenox Remond]; John Prince, Essex; committee on education Selected signatures:Stephen C. PhillipsCharles Lenox RemondAlfred StoneSarah P. RemondNancy RemondCharlotte Forten Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-21 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 21, 1855 and referred to the committee on education and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 115 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 50 Female signatures: 48 Other male signatures: 8 Unidentified signatures: 9 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], [males of color], [females of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Several reverends, mayor Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.256, passed April 28, 1855 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.