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Petition subject: School discrimination

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670500

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Nantucket

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Mitchell, Nantucket; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Eunice F. Ross

Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-26

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 26, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 1

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Females of color signatures: 1

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: [females], [females of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: To aid the petition of Edward Pompey

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1845, c.214, passed March 25, 1845

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.