House Unpassed Legislation 1851, Docket 3162, SC1/series 230, Petition of Thomas Drew

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481583 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; joint select committee on that subject Selected signatures:Thomas DrewJames SymeJames EverettHenry ChamberlinCaleb A. WallConstant ShepardEliza StowellWilliam HildrupRobert BondCharles WhiteEdward SouthwickSamuel ColtonHiram GleasonJohn Mason Actions taken on dates: 1851-01-21,1851-01-30,1851-01-31 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 21, 1851 and laid on the table and order to be presented and received in the House on January 30, 1851 and referred to the joint select committee on that subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on January 31, 1851 and concurred Total signatures: 31 Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled, order to be presented, received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 26 Female signatures: 2 Unidentified signatures: 3 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [\"citizens\"] 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 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.