House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of Jesse Boyden

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481555 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Sandwich Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Zibedee Greene, Sandwich Selected signatures:Jesse BoydenSeth F. NyeCharles NyeSally PerryMary FishLucy MillerDaniel Gray Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-14 Legislative action: Tabeled on February 14, 1850 Total signatures: 514 Legislative action summary: Tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 196 Female signatures: 282 Other male signatures: 29 Unidentified signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, females and others, [females], [other males], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [payment] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2525 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.