Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of William Andrews

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481655 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Hugh Montgomery, Boston; special committee on that subject Selected signatures:William AndrewsThomas BryantEbenezer StevensZebina HortonJames DennisonCynthia LoringJohn Q. AdamsCharles Sweet Total signatures: 185 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 120 Female signatures: 31 Unidentified signatures: 34 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: South Boston 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.