House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of James R. Lawrence

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481334 Date of creation: 1844-01 Petition location: Boylston, West Boylston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John T. Cotton, Boylston; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:James R. LawrenceJames DavenportJohn Andrews Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1844-02-02 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 2, 1844 and referred to the committee on capital punishment Total signatures: 32 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 32 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [\"inhabitants\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [religious, unique text] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1844, Docket 1410 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.