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Petition subject: Against railroad discrimination with focus on white passengers

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029519

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Springfield

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Francis Adams, Boston; joint special committee on that subject; committee on the petitions of Francis Jackson and others

Selected signatures:

1. S. Osgood [Reverend Samuel Osgood?]
2. Jonas Coolidge
3. Otis Lombard
4. Rufus Elmer

Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-16,1843-01-17

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petitions of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 17, 1843 and concurred

Total signatures: 44

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 44

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["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: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1230A

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.