House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2318A, SC1/series 230, Petition of John J. Bassett

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481446 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Westfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George W. Greene, Milton; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:John J. BassettBenjamin F. OgdenFrancis FowleyHenry MichaelEdwin CampbellLucina Lamberton Actions taken on dates: 1849-02-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 8, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 111 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 77 Female signatures: 13 Other male signatures: 20 Unidentified signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, women and others, [females], [other males], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [includes note] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2318A 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.