House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2192, SC1/series 230, Petition of Henry Bates

Petition subject: Support for the Mexican War Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448128 Date of creation: 1848-11 Petition location: Chatham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Walter A. Bryant, Barre; special committee Selected signatures:Henry BatesZenas NickersonJoshua BearseZebedee Hammond Actions taken on dates: 1848-11-24 Legislative action: Received in the House on November 24, 1848 and referred to a special committee and laid on the table Total signatures: 38 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 38 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["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 1848, Docket 2192 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.