Passed Resolves; Resolves 1844, c.87, SC1/series 228, Petition of Eliphas Thayer

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670566 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Braintree Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ira Curtis, Weymouth; committee on the Constitutional amendment Selected signatures:Eliphas ThayerSally ThayerAbigail Thayer Actions taken on dates: 1844-01-20,1844-01-23 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 20, 1844 and referred to the committee on the Constitutional amendment and received in the Senate on January 23, 1844 and concurred Total signatures: 67 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 31 Female signatures: 36 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1844, c.87, passed March 15, 1844 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.