House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Obed Macy

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481319 Date of creation: 1844-01 Petition location: Nantucket Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George G. Folger, Nantucket; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:Obed MacyEdward RayFrederick GardnerEdward C. HusseyGeorge BradburnSamuel MitchellIsaac AustinHenry ClappGeorge B. UptonGeorge StarbuckEdward MitchellNathaniel RugglesWilliam WhippeyCharlotte C. GardnerCharlotte A. JoyLydia MitchellFreeman ShermanEunice F. RossMary Coffin Total signatures: 337 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 251 Female signatures: 51 Unidentified signatures: 35 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [females of color], [males of color] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [religious] 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.