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Massachusetts, General Court, Joint Committee on the Annexation of Texas Report on the annexation of Texas to the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.100 Author/Creator: Massachusetts, General Court, Joint Committee on the Annexation of Texas Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1838/02 Pagination: 39 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Also appears under the title: Senate documents (Massachusetts. General Court. Senate) ; no. 50. Report made by the Joint Committee, which had been referred the "Governor's address as relates to the resolutions of Rhode Island concerning the annexation of Texas to the Union and petitions from citizens desiring the Massachusetts legislature to protests against the annexation. Voices opposition to the annexation on constitutional grounds. Most pages uncut.

Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on the Annexation of Texas

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