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Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670587

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Edgartown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Mayhew, Edgartown; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

1. Edgar M. Baylies
2. Edward Worth
3. Jared W. Coffin

Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-31,1845-01-31

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 31, 1845 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on January 31, 1845 and concurred

Total signatures: 51

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 51

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: 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.131, passed March 26, 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.