House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 2017, SC1/series 230, Petition of Benjamin Hale

Petition subject: Support for the Mexican War Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029618 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Newburyport Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Lunt, Newburyport Selected signatures:Benjamin HaleJoseph JohnsonJames Morrill Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-09 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 9, 1847 and tabeled Total signatures: 417 Legislative action summary: Received, laid on the table Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 417 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents 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.