Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Samuel C. Childs

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481647 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Saugus Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin F. Newhall, Saugus; committee on the subject thereof Selected signatures:Samuel C. ChildsLevi WaldrenHenry NicholsJohn ShawGeorge RaddinJohn Putnam Actions taken on dates: 1843-02-14,1843-02-15 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 14, 1843 and referred to the committee on the subject thereof and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 15, 1843 and concurred Total signatures: 164 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 164 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1843, Docket 11312 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.