House Unpassed Legislation 1840, Docket 800, SC1/series 230, Petition of David Joy

Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956389 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Bradburn, Nantucket Selected signatures:David JoySeth M. SwaimLeonard FisherWilliam BunkerJosiah MacyEdward J. PompeyPatience CooperEunice F. RossIsaac AustinEunice HadwenGeorge BradburnWesley BerryA.F. Boston [Absalom F. Boston]Freeman ShermanAnn GardnerLydia Mitchell Total signatures: 110 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 59 Female signatures: 51 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [females of color], [males of color], ["men"], ["women"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not 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: House Unpassed 1840, Docket 800 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.