House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Simeon Butterfield

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481328 Date of creation: 1844-02-07 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel H. Walley, Roxbury; special committee on the subject Selected signatures:Simeon ButterfieldLuther HosmerJames AmosHenry Cutting Total signatures: 4 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 4 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [Declaration of Independence quotes] 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.