House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of George Knowlton

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481352 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Rockport Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:George KnowltonBenjamin Marshall Jr.Benjamin W. AndrewsJames P. Davis Actions taken on dates: 1845-02-06 Legislative action: Received in the House on February 6, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 194 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 194 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, ["others"] 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: House Unpassed 1845, Docket 1588 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.