House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of Mary Tappan

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956441 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Haverhill Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Caleb Hersey, Haverhill Selected signatures:Mary TappanDorothy RoweMaria Colby Total signatures: 98 Female signatures: 98 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females], ["ladies"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: 3 additional signatures pasted over 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.