Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Richard Farwell

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481642 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Marlborough Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas J. Greenwood, Middlesex; committee on the subject Selected signatures:Richard FarwellHollis LoringJames Giles Actions taken on dates: 1843-02-07,1843-02-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 7, 1843 and referred to the committee on the subject and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 8, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 19 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 19 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1843, Docket 11312 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.