21Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 21 March 1790 (Adams Papers)
...within the law, which decreed a capital punishment. There were circumstances, too,...
22Charles Adams to John Adams, 7 February 1796 (Adams Papers)
..., on 25 March. The act allowed for capital punishment in the case of murder and treason but...
23Cash Accounts, December 1773 (Washington Papers)
...with intent to poison were to receive capital punishment “without benefit of clergy.” Those...
...it may apply to statutes imposing capital punishment for homicide, which statutes receive...