Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9844, SC1/series 231, Petition of Robert Rantoul Jr.

<p>Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481609">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481609</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Cotton Bennett, Beverly; committee on the subject thereof </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Robert Rantoul Jr.</li><li>Stephens Baker</li><li>Seaward Lee</li><li>William Endicott</li><li>Robert Ingersol</li><li>Calvin Whiting</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1836-02-03 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 3, 1836 and referred to the committee on the subject thereof </p> <p>Total signatures: 30 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 30 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["others"] </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>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9844 </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>