House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2157, SC1/series 230, Petition of Rufus L. Mason

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448127 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Hancock Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Leonard Doty, Hancock; committee on the judiciary; committee on the subject Selected signatures:Rufus L. MasonGeorge ClarkCharles B. Wells Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-04,1848-02-16 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1848 and referred to the committee on the judiciary and received in the House on February 16, 1848 and referred to the committee on the subject Total signatures: 44 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 44 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 Additional archivist notes: [Many additional documents in folder; Doctor/M.D. next to signature] 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.