Passed Acts; St. 1885, c.316, SC1/series 229, Petition of Lewis Hayden

<p>Petition subject: Racial discrimination </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500558">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500558</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1885-05-30 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George A. Marden, Middlesex </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Lewis Hayden</li><li>John J. Smith</li><li>John F. Turner</li><li>Thomas P. Taylor</li><li>Charles E. Harris</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1885-06-01 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the Senate on June 1, 1885 and placed on file </p> <p>Total signatures: 18 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 18 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens of Ward 9, [males of color], ["others"] </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: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: to punish persons making discrimination in public places on account of race or color, courts </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1885, c.316, passed June 11, 1885 </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>