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

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