House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of Sylvia A. Ammidon

Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956476 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Cambridge Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Frederick Robinson, Middlesex; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures:Sylvia A. AmmidonAnn D. LakeNancy Moore Actions taken on dates: 1842-01-15,1842-01-17 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 15, 1842 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and sent for concurrence and received in the House on January 17, 1842 and concurred. Total signatures: 122 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent for concurrence, received, concurred Female signatures: 122 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females] 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 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.