Passed Resolves; Resolves 1845, c.131, SC1/series 228, Petition of Joseph Marble

<p>Petition subject: Annexation of Texas </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670588">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:10670588</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1845-01-08 </p> <p>Petition location: Somerset </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin Cartwright, Somerset; committee on the annexation of Texas </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Joseph Marble</li><li>George B. Hood</li><li>W. Lyman Hade</li><li>Israel Washburn</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-10,1845-01-11 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on January 10, 1845 and referred to the committee on the annexation of Texas and received in the Senate on January 11, 1845 and concurred </p> <p>Total signatures: 81 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, concurred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 81 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants </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 1845, c.131, passed March 26, 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>