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Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.131, SC1/series 228, Petition of George Fisher

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Title Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.131, SC1/series 228, Petition of George Fisher
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5VBQO
 
Creator Digital Archive of Massachusetts Anti-Slavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions, Massachusetts Archives, Boston MA
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670594

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Harvard

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jacob Fisher, Lancaster; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

  1. George Fisher
  2. Clark Sibley
  3. Jerome Gardner

Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-30,1845-01-31

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 30, 1845 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on January 31, 1845 and concurred

Total signatures: 55

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 55

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["citizens"]

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: Resolves 1845, c.131, passed March 26, 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.


 
Subject Social Sciences
concurred
received
received
referred
Printed
Jacob Fisher, Lancaster; committee on the annexation of Texas
Clark Sibley
George Fisher
Jerome Gardner
citizens
inhabitants
No
55
55