Citation - Boston News Letter: 1765.08.08

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Index Entry Hymn, sung in Ivelchester, for condemned before execution 
Location Ivelchester 
Citation
BNL.765.038
8 Aug 1765:21 (3207)
London, June 7. Extract of a letter from Ivelchester, May 9.
Yesterday Mary Norwood, for poisoning her husband. . . was
burnt here, pursuant to her sentence, in the presence of
about eight thousand spectators. . . [8 lines] After
spending some time in prayer, and singing a hymn, the
executioner placed her on a tar-barrel . . .


Generic Title Boston News Letter 
Date 1765.08.08 
Publisher Draper, Richard and Samuel 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1765 
Bibliography B0009946
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