House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2318A, SC1/series 230, Petition of Leavitt Thaxter

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481439 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Heman Arey, Edgartown; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Leavitt ThaxterCaleb ThaxterIvory LucasSeth ClevelandAmos Mellen Actions taken on dates: 1849-02-12 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 12, 1849 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 36 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 36 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, women and children Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [paid next to name, but crossed out, payment] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1849, Docket 2318A 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.