Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11330, SC1/series 231, Petition of J.B. Dinsmoor

Petition subject: To allow free colored foreigners to become United States citizens Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11381153 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Hood, Essex; committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others Selected signatures: J.B. Dinsmoor Amos Hull Isaac Whitney James Hagerty George Mansfield Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-17,1843-01-19 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 17, 1843 and referred to the committee on the petition of Francis Jackson and others and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 19, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 100 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 100 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript : Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1843, Docket 11330 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.