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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481377

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Haverhill

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Hazen Morse, Haverhill; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Nathan Webster
2. Elisha Hutchinson
3. John Bond
4. Benjamin Emerson Jr.

Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-22

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 22, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 112

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 112

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["inhabitants"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1845, Docket 1588

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.