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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Abigail | John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1801 | 1801-04-14 | ...penalties for many crimes and limited capital punishment to first-degree murder. To... |
| 2 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March 1797 | 1797-03-31 | ...with more vagabonds, if the states go on to abolish capital punishmentsCapital punishment was... |
| 3 | Adams, Abigail | Adams, John | Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 March 1797 | 1797-03-25 | ...Pennsylvania law restricting the use of capital punishment to cases of first degree murder (... |
| 4 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 24 February 1790 | 1790-02-24 | ..., especially his public protest of capital punishment, attracted sharp criticism in the... |
| 5 | Rush, Benjamin | Adams, John | To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 21 February 1789 | 1789-02-21 | Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776–1865 |
| 6 | Adams, Charles | Adams, John | Charles Adams to John Adams, 7 February 1796 | 1796-02-07 | ..., on 25 March. The act allowed for capital punishment in the case of murder and treason but... |
| 7 | Jefferson, Thomas | Brent, Daniel Carroll | From Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Carroll Brent, 10 … | 1802-10-10 | ...a “great tenderness” in cases involving capital punishment, was surprised that the jury... |
| 8 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 21 March 1790 | 1790-03-21 | ...within the law, which decreed a capital punishment. There were circumstances, too,... |
| 9 | Hall, Josias Carvel | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Josias Carvel Hall, 11 … | 1799-09-11 | a few examples of Capital punishment perhaps." In the margin of the first page there... |
| 10 | Hall, Josias Carvel | Hamilton, Alexander | To Alexander Hamilton from Josias Carvel Hall, 4 … | 1799-10-04 | ...but I believe that a few examples of capital punishment, perhaps one in each regiment, will... |