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Petition subject: Incorporation

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:25763645

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alvin E. Bliss, Middlesex; committee on mercantile affairs; committee on rules

Selected signatures:

1. Beverly Tibbs
2. Lydia Minter
3. John H. Lewis
4. Carrie Pinckney
5. John H. Lee
6. Annie Green
7. Nannie E. Burke
8. Mary E. Waller
9. Lucy Anderson
10. Mary Burt
11. Lavinia White
12. Florence Jackson

Actions taken on dates: 1920-02-27,1920-03-01,1920-03-04

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on February 27, 1920 and referred to the committee on mercantile affairs and sent for concurrence and received in the House on March 1, 1920 and referred to the committee on rules and received in the House on March 4, 1920 and referred to next General Court

Total signatures: 12

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, referred, received, referred

Females of color signatures: 9

Males of color signatures: 3

Female only signatures: No

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: not column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: The Grand Tabernacle of the Independent Order of Galilean Fisherman, Massachusetts, secret order or fraternity on the lodge system, disability, death, funeral, medical attendance, benefits, fraternal organizations, includes address, note on notification, E.P. Benjamin

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1920, S 359 committee on rules - referred to next General Court

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.