Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of Emerson Paine

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670519 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Halifax Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Paul Bryant, Halifax; committee on the annexation of Texas Selected signatures:Emerson PaineReuben SylvesterNathaniel SylvesterCyrus Fuller Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-13,1838-01-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 13, 1838 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on January 15, 1838 and concurred Total signatures: 26 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 26 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.