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Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670575

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Southbridge

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester

Selected signatures:

1. Sarah Grosvenor
2. Polly Young
3. Sophia Prince

Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-11

Legislative action: Tabeled on February 11, 1845

Total signatures: 131

Legislative action summary: Tabeled

Female signatures: 131

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, females, aged 18 and upward, ["females"], ["inhabitants"]

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 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.