Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of Lydia S. Carpenter

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670526 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Rehoboth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Daggett, Attleboro Selected signatures:Lydia S. CarpenterLucia S. CarpenterBethiah WheatonBetty Hunt Total signatures: 38 Female signatures: 38 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: females, [minors] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Circulated by 11 year old female; Lucia Bliss, artist 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.