House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1890, SC1/series 230, Petition of Sarah Chapman

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13448126 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Joel Giles, Boston; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Sarah ChapmanMary G. ChapmanHannah GreeneSarah H. CouringWendell PhillipsEvelina A.S. SmithAnne Warren WestonMaria Weston ChapmanLucia WestonEmma Forbes WestonFrances M. RobbinsMary GreeneElizabeth WhyteOlive PotterJane CliffordPhilander D. OstranderHannah RobieDeborah WestonHelen GarrisonMary MayMary G. WhiteSarah D. RobinsonHarriette M. JacksonEliza J. KennyMary WilleyMary P. TraskEliza F. MeriamRebecca LeeMary C. BlanchardAnna W. CottonMargaret H. HuntWarren BurtonAbby SouthwickAnna R. SouthwickAnn G. PhillipsGeorge ColmanCaroline WestonHenry ChildrenCatharine E. DigneyMaria A. Sylvester Actions taken on dates: 1847-02-04 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 75 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 11 Female signatures: 50 Unidentified signatures: 14 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: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: newspaper Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1847, Docket 1890 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.