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Petition subject: Repeal of anti-miscegenation and all laws making distinction on color

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956469

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Fairhaven

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jones Robinson, Fairhaven

Selected signatures:

1. Susan Allen
2. Betsey Hitch
3. Harriet N. Hathaway

Actions taken on dates: 1842-02-05

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 5, 1842 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 21

Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table

Female signatures: 21

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women, [females], ["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 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.