House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of David N. Carpenter

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481544 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Greenfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Whiting Griswold, Greenfield; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:David N. Carpenter Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-07 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 7, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 1 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2525 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.