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Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455882

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Reading

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Pratt, Reading; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

1. William Wakefield
2. Enoch Peabody
3. Sumner Weston

Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-04

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1845 and tabeled in the House and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas

Total signatures: 101

Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 101

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.39, passed February 22, 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.