Passed Resolves; Resolves 1838, c.34, SC1/series 228, Petition of Polly Chute

Petition subject: Annexation of Texas Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670515 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Reading Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Warren Perkins, Reading; committee on the annexation of Texas Selected signatures: Polly Chute Martha Sanborn Eunice A. Pickett Nancy A. Gleason Actions taken on dates: 1838-01-24 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 24, 1838 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas Total signatures: 264 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Female signatures: 264 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: women, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript : Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Resolves 1838, c.34, passed March 16, 1838 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.