House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of George H. Mitchell

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481567 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joseph Mitchell, Nantucket Selected signatures:George H. MitchellGeorge S. WalkerSamuel F. LucasJohn CodmanCharles FoxHenry I. BowditchCharles CodmanStephen PackardMary F. PierceWilliam JacksonHiram HaskellJames GiffordEdgar PalisseHiram Stearns Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-20 Legislative action: Tabeled on February 20, 1850 Total signatures: 62 Legislative action summary: Tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 45 Female signatures: 1 Unidentified signatures: 16 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females] 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: [religious, "law of love"; doodles] 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.