House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of Alonzo Temple

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481531 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Spencer Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jabez Green, Spencer Selected signatures:Alonzo TempleWilliam WalesDwight Draper Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-13 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 13, 1850 and tabeled Total signatures: 55 Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 27 Female signatures: 3 Other male signatures: 20 Unidentified signatures: 5 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, females and others, [females], [other males], [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [payment] 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.