Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9844, SC1/series 231, Petition of Gideon Foster

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481605 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Danvers Selected signatures:Gideon FosterEdward SouthwickDavid OsbornJoshua BuxtonJohn DodgeRufus Wyman Total signatures: 89 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 89 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["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: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9844 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.