Senate Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 11057, SC1/series 231, Petition of J.H. Browne

Petition subject: To repeal the interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation law and all laws making any distinctions based on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858179 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Sudbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis R. Gourgas, Concord Selected signatures:J.H. BrowneLoring EatonLucinda B. Browne Total signatures: 50 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 21 Female signatures: 24 Unidentified signatures: 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], ["inhabitants"] 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: Senate Unpassed 1842, Docket 11057 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.