Council; Council Files July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings, GC3/series 378, Petition of Clother Gifford

Petition subject: Execution case Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12232907 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Fairhaven Selected signatures:Clother GiffordBartlett AllenJohn Taber Total signatures: 71 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 71 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Benjamin Cummings, Asa Clark Jr.; in the Liberator, Clother Gifford was described as "practical phrenologist, and teacher of natural, mental, moral and physiological science" and was a founder of Hopedale Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, July 25, 1839, Case of Benjamin Cummings 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.