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Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670518

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Newburyport

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin W. Hale, Newbury; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

1. John Johnston
2. Mary N. Hall
3. Mary B. Mansur
4. Mayo G. Smith

Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-19

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 19, 1838 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas

Total signatures: 53

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 9

Female signatures: 44

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, females, males

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: Female column on the left hand side

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.34, passed March 16, 1838

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.