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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481427

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Massachusetts

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Spear, Editor of the Pirisoners Friend, Boston, Mass; several names from a committee

Selected signatures:

1. J.H. Crane
2. Luther Pierce
3. Eli Johnson

Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-12

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1848 and referred to a committee

Total signatures: 53

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 53

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: Towns next to names including Warren, Palmer; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen]; [Petition wrapper with the petition of Joshua Wilder; includes note on limited circulation]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2157

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.