Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Joseph O. Dix

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448943 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: South Reading Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Jacob Tufts, South Reading Selected signatures:Joseph O. DixCharles HartJoseph Hartshorn Total signatures: 179 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 179 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available 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.