Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9844, SC1/series 231, Petition of John M. Spear

<p>Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481604">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481604</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1836-02-15 </p> <p>Petition location: New Bedford </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Nathaniel Hinckley, Barnstable; committee on capital punishment </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>John M. Spear</li><li>Freeman Dexter</li><li>Caleb Thaxter</li><li>Benjamin Wilcox</li><li>Slocum Allen</li><li>Nathan Durfee</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1836-02-20 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1836 and referred to the committee on capital punishment </p> <p>Total signatures: 43 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 43 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: unwavering believers in the universal and unchangable goodness of Almighty God, and the ultimate holiness and happiness of all mankind, ["others"] </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>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Russia, Rome, Greece, Tuscany, [religious] </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9844 </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>