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Petition subject: Support for the Mexican War

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029620

Date of creation: 1847-01-07

Petition location: Charlestown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Caleb Cushing, Newburyport; several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. William Sawyer
2. Morris Kelley
3. John Sanborn

Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-08

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 8, 1847 and referred to a committee

Total signatures: 38

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 38

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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 1847, Docket 2017

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.