House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2318A, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Williston

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481440 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boxborough Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: R.H. Williams, Norton; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:William WillistonCephas HoarSusanna WillistonJane BigelowLucy MeadAlbert Hayward Actions taken on dates: 1849-02-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 106 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 56 Female signatures: 50 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, women and others, [females], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [payment; \"widow\" next to name] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2318A 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.