11To John Jay from Benjamin Rush, 9 July 1796 (Jay Papers)
...1796 that diminished the use of capital punishment and established Newgate Prison. He...
12To Thomas Jefferson from James Wood, 3 March 1797 (Jefferson Papers)
...which specified prison terms rather than capital punishment for crimes other than first-...
13Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...Pennsylvania law restricting the use of capital punishment to cases of first degree murder (...
14Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March 1797 (Adams Papers)
...with more vagabonds, if the states go on to abolish capital punishmentsCapital punishment was...
15To Alexander Hamilton from Josias Carvel Hall, 11 September 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
a few examples of Capital punishment perhaps." In the margin of the first page there...
16To Alexander Hamilton from Josias Carvel Hall, 4 October 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
...but I believe that a few examples of capital punishment, perhaps one in each regiment, will...
17John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1801 (Adams Papers)
...penalties for many crimes and limited capital punishment to first-degree murder. To...
18From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Carroll Brent, 10 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...a “great tenderness” in cases involving capital punishment, was surprised that the jury...
19To Thomas Jefferson from "Friend," 23 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...(David Brion Davis, “The Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment in America, 1787–1861...
20To James Madison from Benjamin Rush, 30 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
...many philanthropic works, condemned capital punishment, espoused prison reform and...