A copy of the original document follows:

Against the Annexation of Texas

Signed by 139 men

Submitted to Congress on September 18, 1837

National Archives HR25A-H1.1

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

The undersigned, Inhabitants of The Town of Mexico in the State of New York respectfully pray your honorable body, promptly to reject all proposals for the annexation of Texas to this Union, from whatever source they may come.