Passed Acts; St. 1855, c.256, SC1/series 229, Petition of William C. Nell

Petition subject: School discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670510 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston, Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles W. Slack, Boston; committee on education Selected signatures:William C. NellIra Nell GrayLouisa C. GrayGeorge A. NoyesEdmund JacksonCharles K. WhippleFrancis JacksonWilliam Lloyd GarrisonHenry I. BowditchDaniel F. ChildLoring MoodyWendell PhillipsTheodore ParkerAmos Bronson AlcottCharles SpoonerAustin BearseRobert R. CrosbyJohn S. RockWilliam C. BrownRobert RobertsHenry Joseph PrentissJohn Murray SpearRobert F. WallcutSamuel MayCurtis C. NicholsWilliam Lloyd Garrison Jr.John P. CoburnBenjamin WeedenLouisa May AlcottAbby May AlcottHarriet HaydenLewis ParkerGeorge NoyesWalter E. LawtonCoffin PittsEffingham L. CapronCornelius BramhallCharles H. SanbornJames M.W. YerrintonJames B. YerrintonRobert R. CrosbyEdmund QuincyGeorge WashingtonW.W. Brown [William Wells Brown?]Lemuel BurrCharles MinotGeorge W. PutnamGeorge Hoyt Actions taken on dates: 1855-02-21 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 21, 1855 and referred to the committee on education and sent for concurrence Total signatures: 314 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 184 Female signatures: 67 Other male signatures: 24 Unidentified signatures: 39 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], [males of color], [females of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1855, c.256, passed April 28, 1855 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.