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Petition subject: Annexation of Texas

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670551

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Lynn

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John W. Brown, Lynn; committee on the annexation of Texas

Selected signatures:

1. Sarah H. Buffum
2. Ruth L. Buffum
3. Mary Newhall

Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-15

Legislative action: Received in the House and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on January 15, 1838 and concurred

Total signatures: 1508

Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred

Female signatures: 1508

Female only signatures: Yes

Identifications of signatories: women, [females]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.34, passed March 16, 1838

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.