House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 2017, SC1/series 230, Petition of Thomas A. Staples

Petition subject: Support for the Mexican War Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029622 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Newburyport Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Caleb Cushing, Newburyport; several names from a committee Selected signatures:Thomas A. StaplesThomas MiddletonJohn Sullivan Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-27 Legislative action: Tabeled on January 27, 1847 Total signatures: 239 Legislative action summary: Laid on table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 239 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["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.