Passed Acts; St. 1865, c.277, SC1/series 229, Petition of George L. Ruffin

Petition subject: Discrimination and places of public amusement Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670512 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis E. Parker; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:George L. RuffinWilliam DerbyAaron A. BradleyMilton CrewJames FreemanAlfred LewisLewis HaydenJohn SmithJohn JohnsonPaton StewartJames Francis Actions taken on dates: 1865-05-12 Legislative action: Referred to the committee on the judiciary, May 12, 1865 Total signatures: 20 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 20 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: to enact into a law, the senate bill No. 242, the substitute for the House Bill No. 220 that public justice and not private wrongs be the rule of action, [includes notes next to signatures, "no"] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1865, c.277, passed May 16, 1865 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.