Council; Council Files July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings, GC3/series 378, Petition of J.B. Congdon

<p>Petition subject: Execution case </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232902">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232902</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: New Bedford </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>J.B. Congdon</li><li>Reuben Nye</li><li>George W. Baker</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 276 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 276 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["citizens"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Benjamin Cummings, Asa Clark Jr., notes next to signatures </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings </p> <p>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.</p>