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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481361

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Essex

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Ezra Perkins Jr., Essex; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Norman Story
2. Aaron Story
3. Sylvester Eveleth
4. Cyrena Andrews

Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-27

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 27, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 118

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 100

Female signatures: 18

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["inhabitants"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: column separated

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.