House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 2017, SC1/series 230, Petition of Thomas A. Staples

<p>Petition subject: Support for the Mexican War </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029622">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029622</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Newburyport </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Caleb Cushing, Newburyport; several names from a committee </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Thomas A. Staples</li><li>Thomas Middleton</li><li>John Sullivan</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-27 </p> <p>Legislative action: Tabeled on January 27, 1847 </p> <p>Total signatures: 239 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Laid on table </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 239 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] </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: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 2017 </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>