House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2157, SC1/series 230, Petition of Wendell Phillips

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481428 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Wendell PhillipsAnn G. PhillipsMary G. ChapmanDeborah WestonElizabeth B. ChapmanMaria Weston ChapmanSarah TraskH.G. ChapmanNancy TwomblyLucia WestonMary GreeneMary NealElizabeth BurkeEllen GardeMary Ann CrossH.B. EmersonElizabeth MillsCatherine RigneyBridget WardChristianna SpearCatherine BrickleyHannah LuscombBridget QuinnMary Jane JohnsonJane SolomonHelen E. GarrisonAnna M. GraftonCharles C. FollenAnne Warren WestonCaroline WestonFrances Mary RobbinsHervey E. WestonMary MaySarah D. RobinsonElizabeth GoddardMary C. BlanchardAnna W. CottonMargaret H. HuntEdward ColmanRobert F. WallcutSamuel May Jr.William Lloyd GarrisonDaniel F. ChildCatharine SargentJane Clifford Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1848 and referred to a committee Total signatures: 69 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 11 Female signatures: 52 Unidentified signatures: 6 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females], [\"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: [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.