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Petition subject: Peace with Mexico

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670605

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Hubbardston

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the war with Mexico

Selected signatures:

1. Samuel Gay
2. Henry W. Carter
3. Elizabeth Gay
4. Susan H. Greenwood

Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-19,1847-02-20

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 19, 1847 and referred to the committee on the war with Mexico and received in the Senate on February 20, 1847 and concurred

Total signatures: 261

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 129

Female signatures: 132

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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.