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Petition subject: Treatment of Massachusetts citizens in other states

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455883

Date of creation: 1845-01-15

Petition location: Scituate

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Morrill Allen, Plymouth; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

1. William James
2. Anson Robbins
3. Joshua James

Actions taken on dates: 1845-03-24

Legislative action: Received in the House on March 24, 1845 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate and concurred

Total signatures: 87

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 87

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Additional archivist notes: Samuel Hoar [includes Samuel Hoar's account, additional documents]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1845, c.111, passed March 24, 1845

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.