House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of Charles Everson

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481522 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Kingston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John M. Spear; Bradford Pratt, Dighton Selected signatures:Charles EversonThomas BicknellHarvey RansomeLucy SouleCaroline Fuller Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 27, 1850 and tabeled Total signatures: 66 Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 38 Female signatures: 21 Other male signatures: 3 Unidentified signatures: 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, females and others, [females], [other males], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: 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 1850, Docket 2525 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.