Council; Council Files April 17, 1847, Case of Leander Thompson, GC3/series 378, Petition of Preston Day

Petition subject: Execution case Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12233032 Date of creation: (unknown) Selected signatures:Preston DayWilliam Francis ChanningJames B. Yerrinton Total signatures: 68 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 41 Female signatures: 20 Unidentified signatures: 7 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: undersigned, [females] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Leander Thompson; towns next to names including Wrentham, Franklin, Medway, Boston, Harwich, Lowell, Hopkinton, Lynn, Holliston, Dedham, Fall River, [Newportville?] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, April 17, 1847, Case of Leander Thompson 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.