House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of Charles Spear

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481384 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Charles SpearCornelius BramhallH.A. MorseHenry BarkerJoseph SouthwickFrancis JacksonWilliam C. NellAddison DavisJonathan BuffumLewis H. BarnardJames N. BuffumReuben H. OberGeorge C. LeachWilliam ShawRichard ClapBenjamin Snow Jr.Robert R. CrosbyHenry P. TrashJoshua EverettJohn Curtis Jr.Henry J. PrentissJosiah WolcottBenjamin NyeGeorge AdamsWilliam Lloyd GarrisonGeorge W. PiercePeter BlackerJames CampbellWilliam P. AtkinsonRebecca T. PoolSarah StudleyThomas HillSarah AllenSarah FordCharles K. WhippleAnne M. WhitingMary M. BrooksCharles BowersJohn BaileyAddison DavisEliza J. KennyMary P. KennyCharles H. BoltonMartha BarkerGoodhue AmbroseKies DoaneElizabeth H. RichardsWilliam H. Hill Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 22, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 129 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 93 Female signatures: 18 Unidentified signatures: 18 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Weymouth, Boston, Gardner, Holliston, Quincy, Lynn, Berlin, Lowell, Dorchester, Fitchburg, West Roxbury, Princeton, Watertown, Springfield, East Abington, Roxbury, Hanover, Northampton, Georgetown, Abington, Concord, New Bedford, Salem; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen; signatories include clergy, reverends; includes petition wrapper for several petitions; signature crossed out: George Doughty of New York] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1845, Docket 1588 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.