Senate Unpassed Legislation 1838, Docket 10274, SC1/series 231, Petition of Benjamin Norton

Petition subject: Repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857840 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James Bates, Abington; special joint committee Selected signatures:Benjamin NortonCyrus ThayerBenjamin H. Pratt Actions taken on dates: 1838-04-06,1838-04-06 Legislative action: Senate joint special committee reported and accepted inexpediant to legislate on April 6, 1838 and sent for concurrence and received in the House on April 6, 1838 and concurred Total signatures: 81 Legislative action summary: Reported, accepted, inexpediant, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 81 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, [\"others\"] 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: Senate Unpassed 1838, Docket 10274 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.