Senate Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 10858, SC1/series 231, Petition of Joseph Congdon

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481632 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: New Bedford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Thomas A. Greene, New Bedford; committee on the subject thereof Selected signatures:Joseph CongdonJohn BaileyRodney FrenchDaniel RicketsonJohn M. SpearDavid W. RugglesHenry JohnsonJulius LyonsGeorge W. Baker Actions taken on dates: 1840-02-04,1840-02-05 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 4, 1840 and referred to the committee on the subject thereof and sent for concurrence and received in the Senate on February 5, 1840 and concurred Total signatures: 279 Legislative action summary: Received, referred, sent, received, concurred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 279 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"citizens\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: includes Capt., Captain next to signatures Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1841, Docket 10858 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.