Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9844, SC1/series 231, Petition of John Howland

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481613 Date of creation: (unknown) Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas Mandell, New Bedford; committee on the subject thereof Selected signatures:John HowlandPaul BarneyCaleb G. ShephardWilliam MacyHenry RicketsonWilliam TaberRodney French Actions taken on dates: 1836-01-26 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 26, 1836 and referred to the committee on the subject thereof Total signatures: 513 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 513 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [one section of this document is particularly brittle and needs conservation] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9844 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.