House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of Thomas Macy

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481560 Date of creation: 1850-01 Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Mitchell, Nantucket Selected signatures:Thomas MacyHarriet PeirceEbenezer ColemanDavid MitchellLydia MitchellIsaac AustinNathaniel BarneyPhebe GardnerWilliam MarchantObed SwainMary HusseySarah Ann RaymondAnna AustinTristram StarbuckReuben MacyJoseph BarneyM.B. MitchellAnn Gardner Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-11 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 11, 1850 and tabeled Total signatures: 1155 Legislative action summary: Received, tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 234 Female signatures: 878 Unidentified signatures: 43 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [Maria Mitchell?] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2525 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.