House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Amos A. Phelps

Petition subject: Against the abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481329 Date of creation: 1844-02-14 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Julius A. Palmer, Boston; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:Amos A. PhelpsNathaniel ColverWilliam B. DodgeJoshua LeavittJehiel C. BemanHiram CummingsTyler ThacherJames HaughtonDaniel Noyes Actions taken on dates: 1844-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 15, 1844 and referred to the committee on capital punishment Total signatures: 14 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 14 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Boston, Cambridgeport, Salem, Duxbury, Buckland 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.