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Petition subject: Against annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11857961

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Ashburnham

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Reuben Townsend, Ashburnham; committee on slavery

Selected signatures:

1. Dorothy Gipson
2. Lucy Fletcher
3. Cynthia Jones

Total signatures: 218

Female signatures: 218

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women over 15, [females]

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 1839, Docket 10525

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.