Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Caleb Stetson

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481681 Date of creation: 1843-02-16 Petition location: Medford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Alexander Gregg, Medford Selected signatures:Caleb StetsonH. Ballou Jr.James CurtisMiles Samson Jr.Nathan Richards Total signatures: 140 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 140 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, ["citizens"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [date might be legislative action] 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.