House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Reuben Bacon

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481345 Date of creation: 1844-02-13 Petition location: Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John W. Simonds, Bedford; special committee on that subject Selected signatures:Reuben BaconElias P. HosmerHiram ReedMartha BaconNancy Merriam Total signatures: 25 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 10 Female signatures: 13 Unidentified signatures: 2 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [\"inhabitants\"] 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: Towns next to names including Lexington; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen] 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.请愿主题：废除死刑 原件链接：http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481345 创建日期：1844年2月13日 请愿发起地：贝德福德（Bedford） 请愿接收方：贝德福德的约翰·W·西蒙兹（John W. Simonds）及该议题专项委员会 入选签名者名单：鲁本·培根（Reuben Bacon）、伊莱亚斯·P·霍斯默（Elias P. Hosmer）、希拉姆·里德（Hiram Reed）、玛莎·培根（Martha Bacon）、南希·默里厄姆（Nancy Merriam） 总签名数：25 合法选民签名数（未标注为非合法选民的男性）：10 女性签名数：13 身份未明签名数：2 纯女性签名数：无 签名者身份标注：公民、[女性]、[居民] 请愿诉求文本格式：手写手稿（未采用印刷形式） 签名栏排版：未分栏 档案中是否包含额外非请愿或无关文件：无额外文件 档案员附加备注：签名者姓名标注的邻镇包括列克星敦（Lexington）；被任命为行刑者的神职人员[宗教人士、神职人员、牧师、刽子手] 本请愿书馆藏位置：马萨诸塞州联邦档案馆1844年众议院未通过法案案卷，案卷编号1410 鸣谢：本项目得到美国国家人文基金会（资助编号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、哈佛大学美国政治研究中心、哈佛大学机构发展倡议项目及哈佛大学图书馆的支持。