House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2157, SC1/series 230, Petition of E.W. Clap

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481430 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:E.W. ClapAsa PettsEllis AllenSarah A. CrawfordMartha R. LawrenceWilliam H. GroverJohn P. AlgerEliphalet StoneAddison DavisAnna FrizellSarah E. SouthardHarriet A. SunderlandBlake ParkerHiram A. MorseWilliam O. CogswellSamuel T. HumphreyAbigail NoyesEdward LaneLaura LaneMaria LaneMartha LaneVarney LockAbigail TurnerSarah N. Rogers Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1848 and referred to a committee Total signatures: 147 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 70 Female signatures: 45 Unidentified signatures: 32 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [males of color], [females of color], [minors], ["others]" 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 Walpole, Wrentham, Medfield, Newton, Dedham, Boston, Roxbury, Lynn, Holliston, Framingham, Dracut, Malden, Grafton, Springfield, Charlestown, Cambridgeport, Foxborough, Milldam, Dorchester; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen]; [Petition wrapper with the petition of Joshua Wilder] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2157 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.