House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of William O. Haskell

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448122 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Chelsea Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Hosea Ilsley, Chelsea; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:William O. HaskellPhilip R. Meriam Jr.John H. PierceAlben S. Willard Total signatures: 113 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 113 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1844, Docket 1410 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.