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Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481365

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: Newburyport

Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary

Selected signatures:

1. Daniel P. Pike
2. John L. Lord
3. George Stover
4. Horace Bickford
5. Charles K. Whipple
6. Sarah Whipple
7. Margaret H. Andrews
8. Priscilla Titcomb
9. Mary Jane Lord
10. Charles Butler

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: 127

Legislative action summary: Received, referred

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 117

Female signatures: 6

Unidentified signatures: 4

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["others"]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript

Signatory column format: not column separated

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

Additional archivist notes: [signature numbers vary widely on front of petition]

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.