Senate Unpassed Legislation 1858, judiciary committee – leave to withdraw, SC1/series 231, Petition of Freeman Foster

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13906106 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Abington Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Prince, Essex; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Freeman FosterCharles MeserveJames West Actions taken on dates: 1858-03-11 Legislative action: Received in the Senate on March 11, 1858 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 48 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 48 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: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: [includes quote from Lafayette] Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1858, judiciary committee – leave to withdraw 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.