Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.111, SC1/series 228, Petition of Luther Wait

Petition subject: Treatment of Massachusetts citizens in other states Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670576 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Ipswich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Daniel Potter, Salem; committee on the annexation of Texas Selected signatures:Luther WaitDan WeedJosiah Caldwell Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-27,1845-01-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 27, 1845 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on January 28, 1845 and concurred Total signatures: 16 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 16 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: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: South Carolina; focused on "yellow" and "russet" South Carolinians Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1845, c.111, passed March 24, 1845 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.