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Josiah Burnham, his trial and execution for murder : with sermon preached at Haverhill, N.H. by the Rev. David Sutherland at time and place of execution, August 12, 1806
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"On the evening of December 17, 1805, Josiah Burnham, who was confined in the jail for debt, brutally murdered two fellow prisioners, Capt. Joseph Starkweather, Jr., of Haverhill and Russell Freema...
"On the evening of December 17, 1805, Josiah Burnham, who was confined in the jail for debt, brutally murdered two fellow prisioners, Capt. Joseph Starkweather, Jr., of Haverhill and Russell Freeman, Esq., of Hanover, who were also confined for debt"--Page [5].
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- English
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- Woodsville, N.H. : News Book and Job Print, 1909
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- 1 online resource (38 pages)
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- ocn495281326
- Title from PDF title page, viewed Aug. 31, 2008.
- Foreword on pages [3] signed: William F. Whitcher.
- A sermon delivered at Haverhill, Newhampshire [sic], August 12, 1806 (pages [19]-38) with facsimile of original 1806 t.p.
Subjects
- Burnham, Josiah, 1743-1806 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Freeman, Russell, 1750-1805.
- Starkweather, Joseph, -1805.
- Trials (Murder) -- New Hampshire -- Haverhill.
- Murder -- New Hampshire -- Haverhill.
- Prison homicide -- New Hampshire -- Haverhill.
- Executions and executioners -- New Hampshire -- Haverhill.