House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1230A, SC1/series 230, Petition of Emeline Hollis

Petition subject: Against railroad discrimination with focus on white passengers Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005496 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Braintree Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Boston, joint special committee on that subject, committee on the petitions of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Emeline HollisSarah E. HutchinsLucy Wild Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-12,1843-01-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 12, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petitions of Francis Jackson and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 13, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 53 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 53 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["women"] 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: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1230A 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.