House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1286, SC1/series 230, Petition of John T. Hilton

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029525 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Boston Selected signatures:John T. HiltonEunice R. DavisRobert JohnsonClarissa S. JohnsonMartha AmesJonas W. ClarkJohn P. CoburnCoffin PittsGeorge WashingtonLunsford LaneRobert RobertsHannibal LewisWilliam Humphrey BrownMary A. BarbadoesSarah BurrSamuel SnowdenCharles A. SnowdenRobert MorrisHenry Weeden Legislative action: Laid on the table Total signatures: 340 Legislative action summary: Laid on the table Females of color signatures: 129 Males of color signatures: 154 Unidentified signatures: 57 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: colored citizens, [males of color], [females of color] 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 1843, Docket 1286 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.