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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481575

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: South Reading

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Kingman, South Reading

Selected signatures:

1. Daniel S. Oliver
2. Benjamin Mansfield
3. Bryant Hart

Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-20

Legislative action: Tabeled on February 20, 1850

Total signatures: 68

Legislative action summary: Tabeled

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 68

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: [payment]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2525

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.