Passed Acts; St. 1843, c.5, SC1/series 229, Petition of Ignatius Sargent

Petition subject: Interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation law Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10520833 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Gloucester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Essex; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Ignatius SargentWarren YoungWinthrop Sargent Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-13,1843-01-16 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 13, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and received in the House on January 16, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 34 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 34 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: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1843, c.5, passed February 25, 1843 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.