1Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 21 March 1790 (Adams Papers)
...within the law, which decreed a capital punishment. There were circumstances, too,...
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...Pennsylvania law restricting the use of capital punishment to cases of first degree murder (...
3Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...with more vagabonds, if the states go on to abolish capital punishmentsCapital punishment was...