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Petition subject: Against aid for the Mexican War

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11005503

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Marlborough

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: David Goodale, Marlborough

Selected signatures:

1. Jaber S. Witherbee
2. Laura Brigham
3. Alden Brigham

Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-25

Legislative action: Laid on the table on January 25, 1847

Total signatures: 256

Legislative action summary: Laid on table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 123

Female signatures: 118

Other male signatures: 15

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: men, women, males, females, legal voters, young men over 16 years of age, women over 16 years of age, [minors], ["voters"], ["inhabitants"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: Many other documents in folder

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.