Senate Unpassed Legislation 1843, Docket 11312, SC1/series 231, Petition of Joseph Reed

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481672 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Chelmsford Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Paul Kittredge, Chelmsford; committee for that purpose Selected signatures:Joseph ReedCharles ProcterVerranus MooreSamuel Davis Total signatures: 46 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 46 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [\"legal voters\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed 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 1843, Docket 11312 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.