Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of Amasa Sanderson

<p>Petition subject: Annexation of Texas </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670535">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670535</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Groton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joshua Green, Groton; committee on the annexation of Texas </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Amasa Sanderson</li><li>John Hubbard</li><li>Luther Bantell</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1838-02-03,1838-02-05 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 3, 1838 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on February 5, 1838 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 157 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 157 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: legal voters </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>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.34, passed March 16, 1838 </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>