Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of Melzar Sprague

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670546 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hanson Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Junius Tilden, Hanson; committee on the annexation of Texas Selected signatures:Melzar SpragueIsaac CashBanjamin Barker Legislative action: Referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas Total signatures: 50 Legislative action summary: Referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 50 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters, ["others"] 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.