House Unpassed Legislation 1849, Docket 2318A, SC1/series 230, Petition of David P. Howes

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481436 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Dennis Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Obed Baker II, Dennis; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:David P. HowesNathan ClarkHannah H. HowesMartha SearsWilliam HallPeter Howes 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: 140 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 84 Female signatures: 56 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, legal voters, women and others, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [numbers next to signatures, appears to indicate how much each individual donated, payment, as John Spear's circular requested; some female names in male column] 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.