Council; Council Files April 17, 1847, Case of Leander Thompson, GC3/series 378, Petition of L. Burnham

Petition subject: Execution case Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208722 Date of creation: 1846-12-19 Petition location: Holden Selected signatures:L. BurnhamJames BennettAvery Davis Total signatures: 17 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 17 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Leander Thompson; includes note, separate petition sent from \"prisoner's friends\" Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, April 17, 1847, Case of Leander Thompson 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.