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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 InfoProvidence : Printed and sold by B. Wheeler, [1783]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 35 x 24 cm
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19431. ^A478749
General noteAn 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 notePrinted area measures 28.9 x 14.8 cm.
References Evans 19431
References Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 945
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formBroadsides.

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