House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 3162, SC1/series 230, Petition of A.A. Miner

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481599 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Selected signatures:A.A. MinerGeorge HastingsA.P. CleverlyJoseph HemphillH. Ballou [Hosea Ballou?] Actions taken on dates: 1851-04-29 Legislative action: Received in the House on April 29, 1851 and laid on the table Total signatures: 66 Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 66 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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 1851, Docket 3162 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.