Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of A.F. Boston [Absalom F. Boston]

Petition subject: Anti-discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670525 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Barker Burnell, Nantucket; committee on the abolition of slavery Selected signatures:A.F. Boston [Absalom F. Boston]William BostonHenry BostonLucy S. MorrisMary BarrySusan HarrisLucy CooperElizabeth CooperLydia GreenSarah RossEunice F. RossCyrus CooperArthur CooperMargaret Cooper Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-13,1838-01-15 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 13, 1838 and referred to the committee on the abolition of slavery and received in the House on January 15, 1838 and concurred Total signatures: 52 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 24 Female signatures: 28 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, male, female, [males of color], [females of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Reverend Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.34, passed March 16, 1838 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.