Senate Unpassed Legislation 1836, Docket 9844, SC1/series 231, Petition of Simpson Buffinton

<p>Petition subject: Abolition of capital punishment </p> <p>Original: <a href="http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481608">http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:13481608</a> </p> <p>Date of creation: 1836-02-09 </p> <p>Petition location: Swansea </p> <p>Legislator, committee, or address that the petition was sent to: George Austin, Swansey; committee on capital punishment </p> <p>Selected signatures:<ol><li>Simpson Buffinton</li><li>William Earle</li><li>Abner Slade</li></ol> </p> <p>Actions taken on dates: 1836-02-20 </p> <p>Legislative action: Received in the House on February 20, 1836 and referred to the committee on capital punishment </p> <p>Total signatures: 12 </p> <p>Legislative action summary: Received, referred </p> <p>Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 12 </p> <p>Female only signatures: No </p> <p>Identifications of signatories: undersigned, ["others"] </p> <p>Prayer format was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing">printed</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript">manuscript</a>: Printed </p> <p>Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents </p> <p>Additional archivist notes: Includes notes </p> <p>Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: Senate Unpassed 1836, Docket 9844 </p> <p>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.</p>