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

<p>Petition subject: Execution case </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12233037">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12233037</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1846-12-29 </p> <p>Petition location: Douglas </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Benjamin Waterman</li><li>Amos Humes</li><li>Robert Rogerson</li></ol> </p> <p>Total signatures: 285 </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 216 </p> <p>Female signatures: 35 </p> <p>Unidentified signatures: 34 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Manuscript </p> <p>Signatory column format: not column separated </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Leander Thompson </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Governor Council Files, April 17, 1847, Case of Leander Thompson </p> <p>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.</p>