House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1890, SC1/series 230, Petition of George W. Gay

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481424 Date of creation: 1847-03 Petition location: Sharon Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Otis Johnson, Sharon; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:George W. GayBenjamin F. HarlowJoel HewinsOliver H. WhittemoreJesse McIntosh Actions taken on dates: 1847-03-08 Legislative action: Received in the House on March 8, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 36 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 36 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens 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 1847, Docket 1890 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.