House Unpassed Legislation 1845, Docket 1588, SC1/series 230, Petition of Sylvanus Cobb

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481385 Date of creation: 1845-01-21 Petition location: Boston Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: John Milton Earle, Worcester; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:Sylvanus CobbMoses MellenRebecca PoolMary DavisHannah TuftsMary HowardDaniel ThayerCharles W. AyresJohn Q. AdamsGeorge W. SaundersGeorge LoringMary CrosbyRobert R. CrosbyZilpha W. HarlowCharles A. WallaceHannah B. EmersonElizabeth B. BunkerRebecca HowlandJames Gilmore 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: 175 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 111 Female signatures: 22 Unidentified signatures: 42 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: members of a convention assembled in Marlborough Chapel, [females], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Manuscript Signatory column format: not column separated Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents Additional archivist notes: [Petition wrapper with the petition of Charles Spear; religious] 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.