House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Charles Spear

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481330 Date of creation: 1844-01-23 Petition location: Boston Selected signatures:Charles SpearGoodhue AmbroseOliver JohnsonRichard HoodJoseph SouthwickJames B. YerringtonCornelius BramhallJ.C. Ray [John Ray?]Mary M. BrooksAnn E. BaconGertrude BarrettJonathan ButterfieldJohn T. HiltonRebecca PoolRichard HildrethGeorge W. BensonRobert F. WallcutCharles K. WhippleIgnatius SargentDavid Lee ChildElbridge SpargueJonathan BuffumHannah S. AdamsThankful SouthwickCharles Lenox RemondGeorge W. MiltonBela MarshHenry Willard WilliamsB.B. Mussey [Benjamin B. Mussey]Mary Ann PepperJohn G. KingSarah SouthwickFrederick S. CabotJames N. BuffumCaroline RemondElizabeth C. LeachAnne M. WhitingEunice D. ChurchGeorge PhelpsCharles B. Amos Total signatures: 171 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 105 Female signatures: 39 Unidentified signatures: 27 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [males of color], [females], [females of color], ["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: appointment of clergymen and ministers as executioners [clergy, religious, hangmen]; towns next to names including Boston, Danvers, Chelsea, Lynn, Salem, Northampton, Wrentham, Worcester, Walpole, Whately, Stoneham, Charlestown, Middleton, Abington, South Scituate, West Roxbury, New Bedford, Gloucester, Stoughton, Weymouth, Lowell, Concord, Bedford, Hingham, Annisgram, Quincy, Milton, Cambridgeport, Holliston, Milford, Attleboro, Rockport, Plymouth, Foxborough, Watertown, Dorchester, Brookfield, Roxbury, Cambridge; note at top: "Bourgeoise" 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.