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Petition subject: Racial discrimination

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25500558

Date of creation: 1885-05-30

Petition location: Boston

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George A. Marden, Middlesex

Selected signatures:

1. Lewis Hayden
2. John J. Smith
3. John F. Turner
4. Thomas P. Taylor
5. Charles E. Harris

Actions taken on dates: 1885-06-01

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on June 1, 1885 and placed on file

Total signatures: 18

Legislative action summary: Received, placed on file

Males of color signatures: 18

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens of Ward 9, [males of color], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: to punish persons making discrimination in public places on account of race or color, courts

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: St. 1885, c.316, passed June 11, 1885

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.