House Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 998, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Bassett

Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956424 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Lynn Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Lynn Selected signatures:William BassettWilliam D. ThompsonHenry Newhall Total signatures: 144 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 144 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1841, Docket 998 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.