House Unpassed Legislation 1839, Docket 577, SC1/series 230, Petition of Lydia Maria Child

Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956325 Date of creation: 1839-03-20 Petition location: Northampton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:Lydia Maria Child Total signatures: 1 Female signatures: 1 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: free-born woman, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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 1839, Docket 577 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.