Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Henry Williams

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481680 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Roxbury Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph W. Tucker, Roxbury; committee on that subject Selected signatures:Henry WilliamsWilliam RumrillJohn SeaverCyrus FayDavid Dudley Total signatures: 82 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 82 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1843, Docket 11312 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.