Senate Unpassed Legislation 1854, Docket 13977, SC1/series 231, Petition of Reuben H. Ober

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448953 Date of creation: 1854-03-18 Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Peter P. Howe, Southborough; committee in charge of that subject Selected signatures:Reuben H. OberJohn GrantJohn BarnesHenry AbbottJohn WhitingSarah FairhurstJane GilmoreElizabeth Wight Actions taken on dates: 1854-04-05 Legislative action: Received in the House and referred to committee in charge of that subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on April 5, 1854 and laid on the table Total signatures: 32 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 24 Female signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [female column in left hand column; clergymen appointed as executioners, religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1854, Docket 13977 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.