11To George Washington from Samuel Huntington, 16 November 1780 (Washington Papers)
...hath not already been done to inflict capital punishment on all such persons as shall directly...
12To John Jay from Benjamin Rush, 9 July 1796 (Jay Papers)
...1796 that diminished the use of capital punishment and established Newgate Prison. He...
13To George Washington from John Hancock, 22 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
...murdering Samuel Holden Parsons’s brother, capital punishment for persons “found lurking as...
14From Benjamin Franklin to Benjamin Vaughan, 14 March 1785 (Franklin Papers)
all capital Punishments...the deterrent effect of capital punishment. Madan was trained...
15To 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...
16To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 24 February 1790 (Adams Papers)
..., especially his public protest of capital punishment, attracted sharp criticism in the...
17Giovanni Carmignani to Thomas Jefferson, 7 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
...1808 because of his opposition to capital punishment. Carmignani became a professor of...
18John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1801 (Adams Papers)
...penalties for many crimes and limited capital punishment to first-degree murder. To...
19To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 21 February 1789 (Adams Papers)
Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776–1865
20To James Madison from Benjamin Rush, 30 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
...many philanthropic works, condemned capital punishment, espoused prison reform and...