Senate Unpassed Legislation 1838, Docket 10274, SC1/series 231, Petition of Warren Merchant

Petition subject: Repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857849 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Barnstable Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Hinckley, Barnstable; special joint committee Selected signatures:Warren MerchantAbigail L. CrosbyOlive Bearse Actions taken on dates: 1838-04-06,1838-04-06 Legislative action: Senate joint special committee reported and accepted inexpediant to legislate on April 6, 1838 and sent for concurrence and received in the House on April 6, 1838 and concurred Total signatures: 91 Legislative action summary: Reported, accepted, inexpediant, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 42 Female signatures: 49 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, males, females Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1838, Docket 10274 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.