House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 577, SC1/series 230, Petition of Julia Parris

<p>Petition subject: Repeal of all laws making distinction on color </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956329">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956329</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Kingston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Josiah Holmes, Kingston; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Julia Parris</li><li>Sally C. Holmes</li><li>Betsey Beal</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1839-01-26 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 26, 1839 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 91 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Female signatures: 91 </p> <p>Female only signatures: Yes </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: women, [females] </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>: Manuscript </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 1839, Docket 577 </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>