House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2157, SC1/series 230, Petition of L.B. Bliss

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481431 Date of creation: 1848-01 Petition location: Wilbraham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Smith, Wilbraham; committee on that subject Selected signatures:L.B. BlissJohn CarpenterElisha Burr Actions taken on dates: 1848-03-27 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 27, 1848 and referred to the committee on that subject Total signatures: 37 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 37 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: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2157 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.