House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of Ann G. Phillips

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481358 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Ann G. PhillipsSarah ChapmanMary G. ChapmanMaria Weston ChapmanCatharine SargentMary GreeneMary C. BlanchardAnna W. CottonMary MaySarah D. RobinsonMary BakerHenry ChapmanMary H. LincolnAnn HosmerJohn CheeverCatharine StetsonSusanna NorwoodMary RiceLydia ChaseFrances Mary RobbinsRebecca LowAnna PhilbrickLucia WestonSusan CowingEdmund QuincyAnne Warren WestonLucretia Anne CowingEmma Forbes WestonEliza Frances MeriamHenrietta Martineau JacksonElizabeth M. TolmanLouisa M. SewallHannah RobieElizabeth WellsMary YoungSusan BakerAbby SouthwickThankful SouthwickPhilis SalemMargaret BeecherAnna Southwick Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-29 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 55 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 3 Female signatures: 51 Unidentified signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [females of color], ["others"] 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 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.