House Unpassed Legislation 1847, Docket 1890, SC1/series 230, Petition of J.W. Scribner

Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481420 Date of creation: (unknown) Petition location: Massachusetts Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: Charles C. Sewall, Medfield; committee on the judiciary Selected signatures:J.W. ScribnerReuben H. OberJefferson GrautMary EmersonSophia L. OberJoseph W. WelshHarriet H. HardyRuth B. CopelandMary DavisThomas HoughtonAbby N. BaileyLoring MoodyMary DeanAsa PuttingSusan HopkinsHannah B. HartJames WorsterLevi F. Stone Actions taken on dates: 1847-01-26 Legislative action: Received in the House on January 26, 1847 and referred to the committee on the judiciary Total signatures: 142 Legislative action summary: Received, referred Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 78 Female signatures: 32 Unidentified signatures: 32 Female only signatures: No Identifications of signatories: citizens, [females] 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: newspaper; Towns next to names including Lowell, Lawrence, Cambridge, South Woburn, Woburn, Reading, Waltham, Newton, Charlestown, Malden, Boston, Roxbury, Milton, Dover (N.H.), Southborough, Brighton, Newton Upper Falls, North Wrentham, Dedham, Needham, [Pembroke?] 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.