House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Perley King

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481349 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Elijah Cobb, Brewster; committee on that subject Selected signatures:Perley KingEli F. BurnhamAmos TraskAsa FairbanksFrederick S. CabotMary H. LincolnJoseph NoyesOtis B. NorrillJohn Curtis Jr.Goodhue AmbroseGeorge AdamsGeorge W. SimondsSilas Leonard Actions taken on dates: 1844-01-31 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 31, 1844 and referred to the committee on that subject Total signatures: 27 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 27 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [\"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 Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1844, Docket 1410 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.