Senate Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 10858, SC1/series 231, Petition of Jabez Howes Jr.

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481618 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Yarmouth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Sylvanus Crowell, Yarmouth; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:Jabez Howes Jr.Edward Sears Jr.Freeman Baker Actions taken on dates: 1840-02-05,1840-02-05 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 5, 1840 and referred to the committee on capital punishment and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 5, 1840 and concurred Total signatures: 42 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 42 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Includes note Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1841, Docket 10858 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.