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Petition subject: Treatment of citizens in other states

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10935285

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: New Bedford

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas B. Bush, New Bedford

Selected signatures:

1. Ruth C. Johnson
2. Eliza Ann Logan
3. Martha Ann Prior

Total signatures: 100

Females of color signatures: 100

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: colorured citizents, [females of color], ["coloured ladies"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1837, Docket 249

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.