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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481599

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Selected signatures:

1. A.A. Miner
2. George Hastings
3. A.P. Cleverly
4. Joseph Hemphill
5. H. Ballou [Hosea Ballou?]

Actions taken on dates: 1851-04-29

Legislative action: Received in the House on April 29, 1851 and laid on the table

Total signatures: 66

Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 66

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 1851, Docket 3162

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.