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Petition subject: Peace with Mexico

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670606

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Harwich

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Cyrus Weeks, Harwich; committee on the war with Mexico

Selected signatures:

1. L.D. Nickerson
2. Caleb Small
3. Elisha Parker

Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-11,1847-02-12

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 11, 1847 and referred to the committee on the war with Mexico and received in the Senate on February 12, 1847 and concurred

Total signatures: 66

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 66

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["legal voters"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1847, c.103, passed April 26, 1847

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.