Council; Council Pardon Files, September 10, 1855, GC3/series 328, Petition of George Latimer

<p>Petition subject: To shorten length of prison sentence </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208700">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208700</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1855-09-08 </p> <p>Petition location: Worcester </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>George Latimer</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 1 </p> <p>Males of color signatures: 1 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: convict in Mass State Prison, [males of color] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: 1854, larceny, remitted, confidence, commendation, officers of the prison, intellectual and moral improvement, unfeigned regret, worthy of public confidence </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Pardon Files, September 10, 1855 </p> <p>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.</p>