Providence, January 1, 1783 : The following is the most particular account we have been able to obtain of the late cruel murders committed at Weathersfield, in Connecticut;--it is extracted from a Hartford paper of the 17th ultimo, and published by desire of a number of gentlemen who expected to have seen it in last Saturday's paper--but were disappointed.
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | Providence : Printed and sold by B. Wheeler, [1783] |
Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 35 x 24 cm |
Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
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Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19431. ^A478749 |
General note | An account of William Beadle's murder of his wife and four children, and his subsequent suicide; blaming the catastrophe on Beadle's declining business and his conversion to Deism. |
General note | Printed area measures 28.9 x 14.8 cm. |
References | Evans 19431 |
References | Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 945 |
Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19431). |
Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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