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Petition subject: Repeal of interracial marriage, anti-miscegenation laws

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956391

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: East Bridgewater

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Harris, East Bridgewater

Selected signatures:

1. Nathan Alden
2. Benjamin R. Alden
3. George H. Pratt

Total signatures: 16

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 16

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: men, ["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 1840, Docket 800

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.