Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.39, SC1/series 228, Petition of Francis Bates

<p>Petition subject: Annexation of Texas </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670569">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670569</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1845-02-01 </p> <p>Petition location: Cummington </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Robert Dawes Jr., Cummington; committee on the annexation of Texas </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Francis Bates</li><li>Alden Hamlen</li><li>Ebenezer Gilbert</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-06 </p> <p>Legislative action: Referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and tabeled on February 6, 1845 </p> <p>Total signatures: 47 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Referred, tabeled </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 47 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["others"] </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>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1845, c.39, passed February 22, 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>