Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Robert Rantoul Jr.

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481643 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas J. Greenwood, Middlesex; Frederick Robinson, Middlesex; committee on the subject; special committee on the part of the Senate Selected signatures:Robert Rantoul Jr. Actions taken on dates: 1843-01-24,1843-01-25 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on January 24, 1843 and referred to the committee on the subject and received in the Senate on January 25, 1843 and referred to the special committee on the part of the Senate Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizen Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [religious] 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.