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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481532

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Abington

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

Selected signatures:

1. Brigs Arnold
2. Ira Lowell
3. Addison Pratt
4. Harriet S. Howland
5. Mary Turner
6. Ann Pool

Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-13

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 13, 1850 and tabeled

Total signatures: 389

Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 243

Female signatures: 117

Other male signatures: 20

Unidentified signatures: 9

Female only signatures: No

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

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: [payment; notes from correspondence on the back]

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.