House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1890, SC1/series 230, Petition of Nathaniel Vose

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481422 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Spear, Editor Prisoner's Friend, Boston, Mass.; Edgar K. Whitaker, Needham; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Nathaniel VoseThomas CapenHenry JonesEzra DrakeSamuel VoseSullivan BurnhamReuben H. OberJohn HardySamuel Bentley Jr.George W. PierceWilliam P. PeakesGoerge S. SmithPrudence W. SmithSarah BortonMason S. ChaceJob ReadEdward Haynes Jr.James TolmanCalvin WhitingLydia C. ParkerThomas ParkerAlden SampsonRichard BeetleSeth ClevelandJohn ThaxterArthur Cooper Jr.Valentine Pease Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 22, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 292 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 226 Female signatures: 37 Unidentified signatures: 29 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, [females], [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Stoughton, Lowell, Boston, Wrentham, Neponset Village, Fall River, Charlestown, Edgartown, Swanzey; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen]; [includes note from Caleb Thaxter at Edgartown to Charles Spear, \"Brother Spear\"; 2 texts] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1890 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.

请愿主题：废除死刑（Abolition of capital punishment）
原存档链接：http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481422
创建日期：（未知）
请愿地点：马萨诸塞州（Massachusetts）
请愿提交的立法者、委员会或收件地址：马萨诸塞州波士顿《囚犯之友》（Prisoner's Friend）编辑查尔斯·斯皮尔；马萨诸塞州尼达姆的埃德加·K. 惠特克；司法委员会（committee on the judiciary）
精选签名者：纳撒尼尔·沃斯、托马斯·卡彭、亨利·琼斯、埃兹拉·德雷克、塞缪尔·沃斯、沙利文·伯纳姆、鲁本·H. 奥伯、约翰·哈迪、小塞缪尔·本特利、乔治·W. 皮尔斯、威廉·P. 皮克斯、戈奇·S. 史密斯、普鲁登斯·W. 史密斯、萨拉·博顿、梅森·S. 蔡斯、乔布·里德、小爱德华·海恩斯、詹姆斯·托尔曼、卡尔文·怀廷、莉迪亚·C. 帕克、托马斯·帕克、奥尔登·桑普森、理查德·比特尔、塞思·克利夫兰、约翰·撒克斯特、小亚瑟·库珀、瓦伦丁·皮斯
行动日期：1847年2月22日
立法行动：1847年2月22日于众议院收到并移交至司法委员会
总签名数：292
立法行动摘要：已接收并移交
合法选民签名（未标注为非法选民的男性）：226
女性签名：37
未识别签名：29
仅女性签名：无
签名者身份标注：公民、居民、[女性]、[有色男性]
请愿书形式：印刷版 vs 手稿版，本请愿书为印刷版
签名栏排版：未分栏
存档中无额外非请愿类或无关文件
额外档案管理员备注：签名者姓名旁附带的所属城镇包括斯托顿、洛厄尔、波士顿、伦瑟姆、内普塞特村、福尔里弗、查尔斯敦、埃德加敦、斯旺西；被任命为行刑人的神职人员[含宗教人士、神职人员、牧师、刽子手]；[包含来自埃德加敦的迦勒·撒克斯特致查尔斯·斯皮尔的字条："Brother Spear"；共2份文本]
本请愿书现藏于马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆（Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth）：1847年众议院未通过法案案卷，案卷号1890
鸣谢：本项目由美国国家人文基金会（National Endowment for the Humanities，编号PW-5105612）、马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆、哈佛大学拉德克利夫高级研究所（Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University）、哈佛大学美国政治研究中心（Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University）、哈佛大学机构发展倡议项目（Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University）及哈佛大学图书馆（Harvard University Library）联合资助