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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Letter from G. Walter to George Washington Walker regarding the death penalty. 11 April 1850.</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Quaker Collection, Walter - G.</span> (1850) <xhtml:em>Letter from G. Walter to George Washington Walker regarding the death penalty. 11 April 1850.</xhtml:em> University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection, Australia. (Unpublished)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_1998' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1547/1/letter.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_1998' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_1998"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1547/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1547/1/letter.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF (Letter)</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />3701Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/quaker/index.html">http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/quaker/index.html</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Handwritten letter from G. Walter to George Washington Walker, 11th April, 1850. He is advocating removal of the death penalty for all crimes other than murder. He is concerned that in the colonies the death penalty is often given for minor offences. W9/A1/24</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Other</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">This material is subject to copyright protection. Further dealings with this material may be a copyright infringement. </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, Tasmania, Religious history, social history, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, VDL, George Washington Walker, letter, G. Walter, death penalty, capital punishment, removal</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/440200.html">440000 Philosophy and Religion > 440200 Religion and Religious Traditions</a><br /><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/430100.html">430000 History and Archaeology > 430100 Historical Studies</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Collections:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/collections/quaker.html">Quaker Collection</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1547</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Gillian Ward</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">15 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">22 Jan 2008 16:52</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1547;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1547">item control page</a></p>
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