House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1230A, SC1/series 230, Petition of Francis Jackson

Petition subject: Against railroad discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029510 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Boston; joint committee; several names from a committee Selected signatures:Francis JacksonHenry I. BowditchFrederick S. CabotFrancis George ShawJohn G. KingEllis Gray LoringGeorge MinotJohn RogersWilliam P. AtkinsonHervey W. WilliamsWilliam W. MarjoramHervey E. WestonWilliam F. ChanningCharles K. WhippleJohn Curtis Jr.William C. NellSamuel E. SewallWilliam B. LoganJoel P. BishopCharles A. BattisteBenjamin F. RobertsCharles Lenox RemondJohn T. HiltonBenjamin P. BassettRobert MorrisSarah P. RemondSusan H. RemondChristopher WeedenGeorge W.F. MellenJohn L. RemondWilliam H. AllenWendell PhillipsCaroline WestonJoseph Southwick Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-11,1843-01-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 11, 1843 and referred to a committee and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 13, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 71 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 52 Female signatures: 3 Unidentified signatures: 16 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [females of color], [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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 1230A 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.