Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.256, SC1/series 229, Petition of Jacob Leonard

<p>Petition subject: School discrimination </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670508">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670508</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: East Bridgewater </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Elbridge Keith, Bridgewater; committee on education </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Jacob Leonard</li><li>Martin Beal</li><li>Joseph C. Allen</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-21 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 21, 1855 and referred to the committee on education and sent for concurrence </p> <p>Total signatures: 93 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 93 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters </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: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.256, passed April 28, 1855 </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>