House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of Reuben Locke Jr.

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481364 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Stoneham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Reuben Locke Jr.Abigail NewhallMary LyndeWilliam WrightEdward T. WhittierAbigail GreenTimothy B. HadleyJohn C. StoneSumner RichardsonStephen LyndeAnn Eliza BaconElsey Maria WymanEllen ClarkHannah Clark Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-24 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 24, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 131 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 76 Female signatures: 38 Unidentified signatures: 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["inhabitants"] 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 Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Stoneham, Malden, Bedford, Boston; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen] 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.