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Petition subject: Against annexation of Texas and for secession from the Union

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858211

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Georgetown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathaniel B. Borden, Bristol

Selected signatures:

1. John McComb
2. Moses Wright
3. Nathaniel Crombie

Actions taken on dates: 1846-03-10

Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 10, 1846 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 19

Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 19

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1846, Docket 11840

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.