House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of Robert Rantoul Jr.

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481386 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Robert Rantoul Jr.Joseph BamfordSamuel PhilbrickJonathan PierpontWendell PhillipsSamuel J. MayWilliam Lloyd GarrisonWilliam C. NellAmasa WalkerRobert SmithFrancis PeabodyAmos TraskCharles Lenox RemondMary KennyLydia ChaseSamuel B. LeonardFrancis CarpenterSpencer HodgesCharles WhitneyThomas T. GreenwoodJoseph PorterJudith HoweRobert F. WallcutJohn Curtis Jr.Daniel HaskellGeorge AdamsJames B. YerrintonWilliam ShawSamuel FullerBenjamin BullardThomas O. MarshallClementine PondCornelius PutnamOtis GebsonLeonard BarnesSilvanus PutnamSylvester ProctorMoses StearnsPeter DodgeLevi LittlefieldFrancis JenkinsWilliam H. EddyCharles SpearAlphonso JonesSophia RutterRebecca HoweEllen ThayerJoseph NoyesDudley WilliamsOtis A. SkinnerNahum CapenRobert F. WallcutAmory Jewett Actions taken on dates: 1845-01-22 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 22, 1845 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 262 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 193 Female signatures: 40 Unidentified signatures: 29 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females], [males of color], [\"others\"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: Towns next to names including Boston, Salem, Newburyport, Foxborough, Templeton, Sterling, Springfield, Wrentham, Oxford, Sutton, Danvers, [Petersham?], Charlestown, Roxbury, Cambridge, Cambridgeport, Nantucket [Petition wrapper with the petition of Charles Spear; signature of Charles Spear crossed out at top] 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.