A defence of capital punishment / by Rev. George B. Cheever, D.D. ; and, An essay on the ground and reason of punishment, with special reference to the penalty of death / by Tayler Lewis, Esq. ; with an appendix, containing a review of Burleigh on the death penalty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890, author.

Series:

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment.

Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878. Thoughts on the death penalty.

Burleigh, Charles C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 365 pages).

Other Title:

Essays on punishment by death

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Local Notes:

Scanned copy inscribed (preliminary leaves): "Gift George I. Rockwood Feb. 20, 1984."

Scanned copy inscribed (preliminary leaves): "Mrs. Charloot Cheever, from Your affectionate son George."

Contains:

Lewis, Tayler, 1802-1877. Essay on the ground and reason of punishment.

Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890. Defense, addressed to the Hon. Chief Justice Shaw.

Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890. Necessity of protecting the Sabbath.

Cheever, George B. (George Barrell), 1807-1890. Republic or the oligarchy? Which?

OCLC:

937009244

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Bound With:

With: A defense, addressed to the Hon. Chief Justice Shaw / [by Geo. B. Cheever]. [Salem?]: [publisher not identified], [1835?] (28 pages).

With: The necessity of protecting the Sabbath : in cities and in the country, from desecration : especially from that pernicious form and cause of its profanation, the Sunday liquor traffic / [Geo. B. Cheever, Church of the Puritans]. New York : J. S. Redfield, 1849 (30 pages).

With: The republic or the oligarchy? Which? : an appeal against the proposed transfer of the right to vote from the people to the state / by one of the people [Geo. B. Cheever]. New York: The American News Company, 1866 (36 pages).