Passed Acts; St. 1959, c.239, SC1/series 229, Petition of John F. Thompson

<p>Petition subject: Racial discrimination </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500663">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500663</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Massachusetts </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John F. Thompson, Ludlow; Frank S. Giles Jr., Methuen; committee on mercantile affairs </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John F. Thompson</li><li>Frank S. Giles Jr.</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1959-01-14,1959-01-15 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 14, 1959 and referred to the committee on mercantile affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 15, 1959 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens </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>Additional archivist notes: discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry in multiple dwellings or contiguously located housing accommodations, towns next to names including Ludlow, Methuen </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1959, c.239, passed April 22, 1959 </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>