House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of Samuel L. Hill

<p>Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481353">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481353</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: (unknown) </p> <p>Petition location: Northampton </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Samuel L. Hill</li><li>E.L. Hammond</li><li>William J. Bumstead</li><li>Benjamin Whipple</li><li>William Small</li><li>Benjamin Fitch</li><li>Edwin Richardson</li><li>Mary Ann Smith</li><li>William D. Haven Jr.</li><li>Pamelia Small</li><li>James O. Atkins</li><li>Louisa C. Rosbrook</li><li>Thomas Hill</li><li>Frances P. Judd</li><li>Luther Brigham</li><li>William F. Parker</li><li>Nancy Richardson</li><li>Mary E. Fullaway</li><li>Roxana A. Martin</li><li>George Ashley</li><li>Sojourner Truth</li><li>Russell P. Haven Jr.</li><li>Harvey P. Hill</li><li>W. Henry Brigham</li><li>George W. Benson</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1845-03-01 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on March 1, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary </p> <p>Total signatures: 38 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 17 </p> <p>Female signatures: 9 </p> <p>Unidentified signatures: 12 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [females of color], ["inhabitants"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Northampton Association; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1845, Docket 1588 </p> <p>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.</p>