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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481348

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Saugus

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin F. Newhall, Saugus; several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. W.W. Boardman
2. David Flint
3. Lot Cheever
4. Benjamin Mansfield
5. John Armitage

Actions taken on dates: 1844-01-10

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1844 and referred to a committee

Total signatures: 32

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 32

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens

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 1844, Docket 1410

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.