Murder of George Parkman MA of Harvard University 1850 - report by George Bemis of the case…

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Murder of George Parkman MA of Harvard University 1850 - report by George Bemis of the case…

Murder of George Parkman MA of Harvard University 1850 - report by George Bemis of the case of John W Webster MA of Harvard University indicted for the murder of Parkman on 23rd November 1849 at Boston. A sensational case and a major scandal in the history of the University, Webster was hanged, xii + 628pp plus 4 plates, Boston 1850, published by Charles C Little and James Brown, Signed Presentation Copy by Phiny Merrick, Defence Counsel for Webster bound in half leather with old re-backing, slightly foxed throughout with bookplate of H C Voorhees Library and impressed stamp of the library of Jonathan Goodman

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