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House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of William H. Humphrey

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Title House Unpassed Legislation 1842, Docket 1153, SC1/series 230, Petition of William H. Humphrey
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DVINV
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

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

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10956436

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Millbury

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Joy, Nantucket

Selected signatures:

  1. William H. Humphrey
  2. Ambrose Osborne
  3. George W. Wright

Total signatures: 120

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 120

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["inhabitants"]

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.


 
Subject Social Sciences
Printed
David Joy, Nantucket
Ambrose Osborne
George W. Wright
William H. Humphrey
inhabitants
undersigned
No
120
120