Thoreau is first among 400 Concord inhabitants who sign a petition to outlaw capital punishment after the hanging of Washington Goode in Boston, Mass. (Thoreau Society Collection at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, Lincoln, Mass.).
Thoreau is first among 400 Concord inhabitants who sign a petition to outlaw capital punishment after the hanging of Washington Goode in Boston, Mass. (Thoreau Society Collection at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, Lincoln, Mass.).