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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481571

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Abington

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William P. Corthell, Abington

Selected signatures:

1. William Patterson
2. Hiram Heald
3. Betsey Wright
4. Joah Corthell

Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-20

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1850 and tabeled

Total signatures: 25

Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 20

Female signatures: 5

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, females and others, [females], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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 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.