Senate Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 10858, SC1/series 231, Petition of Mary Mosher

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481623 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Somerset Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin G. Chace, Somerset; committee on the subject thereof Selected signatures:Mary MosherSusan GiffordSarah SladeEunice Brayton Actions taken on dates: 1840-03-03,1840-03-03 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 3, 1840 and referred to the committee on the subject thereof and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on March 3, 1840 and concurred Total signatures: 82 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Female signatures: 82 Female only signatures: Yes Identifications of signatories: ladies, inhabitants, [females], [\"females\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [religious] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1841, Docket 10858 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.