Council; Files of Inactive Pardons and Pardons Not Granted, Case of Washington Goode, GC3/series 771, Petition of Henry Chapin

Petition subject: Execution case Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:12233063 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Worcester Selected signatures:Henry ChapinHenry F. BishopWilliam B. TaberJohn Milton EarleBenjamin WheelerCalvin KnowltonE.W. CarterA.W. CoxEffingham L. CapronThomas JonesJohn MasonGerry ValentineJames WhippleWilliam BrownJohn HiltonJohn Quincy AdamsWilliam A. BrighamAnn MasonJames WalkerJ.W. WalkerCaleb A. WallSarah F. Earle Total signatures: 1639 Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 824 Female signatures: 324 Unidentified signatures: 491 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: inhabitants, [females], [males of color], [females of color], ["others"] Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: additional documents available Additional archivist notes: Washington Goode; three texts; titles next to signatures and "students in the medical institution" next to one section; note on copied signatures; last section of petition is a pamphlet with signatures; some signatures covered by glue or other pieces of paper, have transcribed these when visible Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Files of pardons inactive and not granted, Case of Washington Goode 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.