House Unpassed Legislation 1844, Docket 1410, SC1/series 230, Petition of Rufus K. Trott

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481337 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Benjamin F. Newhall, Saugus Selected signatures:Rufus K. TrottAdoram ClappChapin ThayerEnoch Lathrop Actions taken on dates: 1844-03-09 Legislative action: Tabeled on March 9, 1844 Total signatures: 24 Legislative action summary: Tabeled Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 24 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Weymouth, Braintree; clergymen appointed as executioners [religious, clergy, ministers, hangmen] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1844, Docket 1410 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.