Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.111, SC1/series 228, Petition of William James

<p>Petition subject: Treatment of Massachusetts citizens in other states </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455883">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10455883</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1845-01-15 </p> <p>Petition location: Scituate </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Morrill Allen, Plymouth; committee on the annexation of Texas </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>William James</li><li>Anson Robbins</li><li>Joshua James</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1845-03-24 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on March 24, 1845 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 87 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 87 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants </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: Samuel Hoar [includes Samuel Hoar's account, additional documents] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1845, c.111, passed March 24, 1845 </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>