House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of Luther Boutell

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956473 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Groton Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George S. Boutwell, Groton; Agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, No.25 Cornhill, Boston; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Luther BoutellGeorge W. BancroftWalter Dickson Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-15,1842-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 15, 1842 and referred to the committee on that subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 17, 1842 and concurred Total signatures: 96 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 34 Female signatures: 40 Unidentified signatures: 22 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["others"] 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 Additional archivist notes: Abolitionist wafers Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1842, Docket 1153 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.