House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of William Lloyd Garrison

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481333 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin F. Newhall, Saugus; special committee Selected signatures:William Lloyd GarrisonHenry W. WilliamsWilliam C. NellFrancis JacksonWendell PhillipsRobert F. WallcutCornelius BramhallCharles SpearHervey E. WestonSamuel Philbrick Total signatures: 10 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 10 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [males of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Brookline next to name 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.