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Petition subject: Repeal all laws making any distinctions on account of color

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857848

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: New Bedford

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William H. Allen, New Bedford; special joint committee

Selected signatures:

1. Ezra R. Johnson
2. Richard C. Johnson
3. Paul C. Howard

Actions taken on dates: 1838-04-06,1838-04-06

Legislative action: Senate joint special committee reported and accepted inexpediant to legislate on April 6, 1838 and sent for concurrence and received in the House on April 6, 1838 and concurred

Total signatures: 41

Legislative action summary: Reported, accepted, inexpediant, sent, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 41

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1838, Docket 10274

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.