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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481675

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Andover

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: A. Tompkins, No.38 Cornhill, Boston; Amos Abbott, Andover

Selected signatures:

1. William Chickering
2. Sylvester Merrill
3. John Robinson
4. Stephen Densmore

Total signatures: 55

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 55

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1843, Docket 11312

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.