House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of John Prince

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481322 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Essex Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Moses Burnham Jr., Essex Selected signatures:John PrinceGeorge W. BurnhamThomas Hardy Total signatures: 43 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 43 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: House Unpassed 1844, Docket 1410 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.