House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2157, SC1/series 230, Petition of Jonathan Drake

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481429 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Several names from a committee Selected signatures:Jonathan DrakeFrances H. DrakeSalmon Willard Jr.William S. GrayEmory WoodsSarah D. WalkerPeter Boyden Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1848 and referred to a committee Total signatures: 106 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 61 Female signatures: 29 Unidentified signatures: 16 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Leominster; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen]; [Petition wrapper with the petition of Joshua Wilder] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1848, Docket 2157 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.