Council; Council Files July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings, GC3/series 378, Petition of J.B. Congdon

Petition subject: Execution case Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232902 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Selected signatures:J.B. CongdonReuben NyeGeorge W. Baker Total signatures: 276 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 276 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Benjamin Cummings, Asa Clark Jr., notes next to signatures Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings 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.