Senate Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 13010, SC1/series 231, Petition of F.D. Lincoln

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448950 Date of creation: 1850-04-01 Petition location: Brimfield Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:F.D. LincolnJohn NewtonWilliam NicholsCharles Brown Actions taken on dates: 1850-04-06 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on April 6, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 42 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 42 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript 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 1850, Docket 13010 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.