House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 2017, SC1/series 230, Petition of Zephaniah Willis

Petition subject: Against aid for the Mexican War Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029612 Date of creation: 1847-01-18 Petition location: Kingston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: James Thurber, Plymouth; committee on the petition of William Sargent Selected signatures:Zephaniah WillisJoseph HolmesThomas Russell Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-20 Legislative action: Referred to the committee on the petition of William Sargent and laid on the table on January 20, 1847 Total signatures: 170 Legislative action summary: Referred, laid on table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 170 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["inhabitants"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Note at bottom Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 2017 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.