Passed Resolves; Resolves 1847, c.103, SC1/series 228, Petition of George C. Beckwith

<p>Petition subject: Peace with Mexico </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455886">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455886</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1847-01-08 </p> <p>Petition location: Boston </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Francis W. Bird, Walpole; committee on the war with Mexico </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>George C. Beckwith</li><li>William C. Brown</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-25,1847-01-26 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 25, 1847 and referred to the committee on the war with Mexico and received in the Senate on January 26, 1847 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 2 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 2 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: American Peace Society, christian patriots, friends of humanity, believers in a religion of peace and love </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Resolution signed by 2 males on behalf of the American Peace Society </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1847, c.103, passed April 26, 1847 </p> <p>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.</p>