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Petition subject: Support for the Mexican War

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029615

Date of creation: 1847-01-08

Petition location: Charlestown

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Branning, Tyringham

Selected signatures:

1. Frances H. Joy
2. Richard Frothingham Jr.
3. Edward B. Davis
4. Colburn Burnell

Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-16

Legislative action: Tabeled on January 16, 1847

Total signatures: 89

Legislative action summary: Laid on table

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 89

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

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.