House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of Miriam B. Johnson

<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:10956461">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956461</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Lynn </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Lynn; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Miriam B. Johnson</li><li>Phebe H. Chase</li><li>Abigail Johnson</li><li>Aroline Augusta Chase</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-24,1842-01-25 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 24, 1842 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 25, 1842 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 274 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred </p> <p>Female signatures: 274 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], ["women"] </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>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 1842, Docket 1153 </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>