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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481366

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Grover, Rockport; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. John R. Thurston
2. William H. Thurston
3. Henry Hodgkins Jr.
4. Benjamin W. Andrews
5. Thomas York

Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-23

Legislative action: Received in the House on January 23, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary

Total signatures: 25

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 25

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

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

Additional archivist notes: clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen] [newspaper]

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.