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Petition subject: Against aid for the Mexican War

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029610

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Concord

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Bell, Boston

Selected signatures:

1. Minot Pratt
2. Ruth Emerson
3. Sarah Snow
4. Louisa Whiting
5. Barzillai Frost

Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-25

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

Total signatures: 19

Legislative action summary: Laid on table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 5

Female signatures: 9

Unidentified signatures: 5

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: men, women, [females]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: not column separated

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

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.