House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of Daniel S. Oliver

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481575 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: South Reading Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Kingman, South Reading Selected signatures:Daniel S. OliverBenjamin MansfieldBryant Hart Actions taken on dates: 1850-02-20 Legislative action: Tabeled on February 20, 1850 Total signatures: 68 Legislative action summary: Tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 68 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [payment] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2525 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.