Senate Unpassed Legislation 1841, Docket 10858, SC1/series 231, Petition of Daniel Pearce

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481620 Date of creation: 1840-01-06 Petition location: Rehoboth Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: William Marvel Jr., Rehoboth Selected signatures:Daniel PearceNathan BowenAbel PeirceSamuel Nichols Total signatures: 8 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 8 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: Senate Unpassed 1841, Docket 10858 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.