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Petition subject: School discrimination

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005536

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Milford

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles W. Slack, Boston

Selected signatures:

1. Adin Ballou
2. Lucy H. Ballou
3. William H. Fish

Actions taken on dates: 1855-04-03

Legislative action: Received in the House on April 3, 1855 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 56

Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 27

Female signatures: 23

Other male signatures: 6

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, other persons, [females], [other males], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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 1855, Docket 4275

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.