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Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670547

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Westminster

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Hudson, Worcester; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

1. Sewell Barnes
2. Edward Bacon
3. Stephen Bathrick

Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-12

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 12, 1838 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the House and concurred

Total signatures: 190

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 190

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants

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 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.