House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1890, SC1/series 230, Petition of Nathaniel Vose

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481422 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles Spear, Editor Prisoner's Friend, Boston, Mass.; Edgar K. Whitaker, Needham; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Nathaniel VoseThomas CapenHenry JonesEzra DrakeSamuel VoseSullivan BurnhamReuben H. OberJohn HardySamuel Bentley Jr.George W. PierceWilliam P. PeakesGoerge S. SmithPrudence W. SmithSarah BortonMason S. ChaceJob ReadEdward Haynes Jr.James TolmanCalvin WhitingLydia C. ParkerThomas ParkerAlden SampsonRichard BeetleSeth ClevelandJohn ThaxterArthur Cooper Jr.Valentine Pease Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 22, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 292 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 226 Female signatures: 37 Unidentified signatures: 29 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, inhabitants, [females], [males of color] 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 Stoughton, Lowell, Boston, Wrentham, Neponset Village, Fall River, Charlestown, Edgartown, Swanzey; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen]; [includes note from Caleb Thaxter at Edgartown to Charles Spear, "Brother Spear"; 2 texts] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1890 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.