Council; Council Pardon Files, September 10, 1855, GC3/series 328, Petition of George Latimer

Petition subject: To shorten length of prison sentence Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12208700 Date of creation: 1855-09-08 Petition location: Worcester Selected signatures:George Latimer Total signatures: 1 Males of color signatures: 1 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: convict in Mass State Prison, [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: 1854, larceny, remitted, confidence, commendation, officers of the prison, intellectual and moral improvement, unfeigned regret, worthy of public confidence Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Pardon Files, September 10, 1855 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.