Senate Unpassed Legislation 1846, Docket 11840, SC1/series 231, Petition of Rufus Nason

Petition subject: Against annexation of Texas and for secession from the Union Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11858210 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Dorchester, Quincy Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathaniel B. Borden, Bristol Selected signatures:Rufus NasonHiram W. BlanchardBrooks Crane Actions taken on dates: 1846-03-10 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 10, 1846 and laid on the table Total signatures: 19 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 19 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1846, Docket 11840 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.