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Hancock, John, 1737-1793 [Delay of execution for Edward Johnson for two weeks].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03792 Author/Creator: Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 25 June 1789 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 20 x 33 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Governor of Massachusetts Hancock and countersigned by Secretary of the State John Avery. Johnson was to be hanged for burglary but "humbly supplicated for further time to prepare for death." Suspension of his sentence was granted for two weeks. Paper seal attached.

Hancock, John, 1737-1797
The New Nation, 1783-1815
American Statesmen
Pardon
Government and Civics
Law
Prisoner
Death
Death Penalty
The Early Republic

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