Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Barnabas Edwards

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481646 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Selected signatures:Barnabas EdwardsThomas WhittemoreJohn B. DodsGeorge BazinWilliam GriswoldJohn LowHenry BrownBenjamin NourseBenjamin WhittemoreCharles SpearLemuel WillisSamuel MudgeJoseph HathawayMassena BallouHosea Ballou Total signatures: 35 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 35 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [lead signer not at top of petition] 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.