Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9844, SC1/series 231, Petition of Richard Howes

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481612 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Barnstable Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathaniel Hinckley, Barnstable; committee on the subject thereof Selected signatures:Richard HowesArthur CrockerJohn Coats Actions taken on dates: 1836-01-16 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 16, 1836 and referred to the committee on the subject thereof Total signatures: 70 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 70 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9844 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.