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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481551

Date of creation: 1850-01-26

Petition location: Danvers

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Hines, Danvers

Selected signatures:

1. Moses Black Jr.
2. Nathan Page
3. William Endicott
4. Ezra Dodge
5. George Whittier
6. John Cutler

Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-15

Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1850 and tabeled

Total signatures: 26

Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 26

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 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.