House Unpassed Legislation 1850, Docket 2525, SC1/series 230, Petition of Leavitt Thaxter

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481553 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Edgartown Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Heman Arey, Edgartown; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Leavitt ThaxterJoseph PeaseSeth ClevelandHenry ClevelandIvory LucasFrederick Fellows Actions taken on dates: 1850-01-29 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 29, 1850 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 35 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 35 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1850, Docket 2525 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.