Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of William Hart

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670548 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Barker Burnell, Nantucket; committee on the annexation of Texas Selected signatures:William HartAbsalom F. BostonDavid JoyEdward PompeyAnsel L. SnowElizabeth WilliamsMary DavisNathaniel A. BordenCaroline D. BostonAnna GardnerZilpha Elaw Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-25,1838-01-26 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 25, 1838 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the House on January 26, 1838 and concurred Total signatures: 81 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 46 Female signatures: 35 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, males, females, [males of color], [females of color], [minors], [\"men\"], [\"women\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: religious, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilpha_Elaw 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.