House Unpassed Legislation 1848, Docket 2157, SC1/series 230, Petition of Henry E. Pond

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481434 Date of creation: 1848-02-07 Petition location: Wrentham Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Samuel Warner Jr., Wrentham; committee on capital punishment Selected signatures:Henry E. PondAlonzo L. WareMarcus BarrenLevi Blake Actions taken on dates: 1848-02-28 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 28, 1848 and referred to the committee on capital punishment Total signatures: 52 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 52 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: subscribers, [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [focus on arson, treason, rape] 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.