House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of John M. Fisk

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956468 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Brookfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Hollis Tidd, New Braintree; committee on that subject Selected signatures:John M. FiskLuther StoneHoratio Hall Actions taken on dates: 1842-02-03,1842-02-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 3, 1842 and referred to the committee on that subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 4, 1842 and laid on the table Total signatures: 111 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 111 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Tidd might be clerk or representative, not clear Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1842, Docket 1153 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.