House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Russell Robinson

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481323 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Pawtucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin F. Newhall, Saugus; special committee Selected signatures:Russell RobinsonSarah FrenchThomas S. Cameron Total signatures: 27 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 20 Female signatures: 5 Unidentified signatures: 2 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: [names mostly separated by gender] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1844, Docket 1410 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.