Council; Council Files July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings, GC3/series 378, Petition of Henry C. Wright

Petition subject: Execution case Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232903 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Selected signatures:Henry C. WrightLucinda WilmarthElijah BirdIsaac KnappPeter E. SanbornCharles K. WhippleAustin BearseMaria Weston ChapmanJoseph SouthwickWilliam Lloyd GarrisonClement DrewSamuel PhilbrickWilliam ComstockRobert F. WallcutCaroline WestonM.V. Ball [Martha Violet Ball?] Total signatures: 57 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 39 Female signatures: 10 Unidentified signatures: 8 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Benjamin Cummings, Asa Clark Jr. Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings 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.