House Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 1230A, SC1/series 230, Petition of Henry W. Williams

Petition subject: Railroad discrimination Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029520 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Prince, Essex Selected signatures: Henry W. Williams William C. Nell Joseph Southwick Hervey E. Weston Frederick S. Cabot William Lloyd Garrison Wendell Phillips Benjamin F. Roberts Hannah S. Adams Charles K. Whipple Eunice R. Davis Anna R. Southwick Maria Weston Chapman Anne Warren Weston Francis Jackson John Greenleaf Whittier Mary Y.C. Greeley George W.F. Mellen Samuel Philbrick Legislative action: Laid on the table Total signatures: 46 Legislative action summary: Laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 33 Female signatures: 10 Unidentified signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript : Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: To reconsider the vote on the bill in relation to passengers on railroads Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1843, Docket 1230A 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.