The History of Virgil A. Stewart: And His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence; Also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835, and the Execution of Five Professional Gamblers by the Citizens of Vicksburg, on the 6th July, 1835 |
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PROCEEDINGS AT LIVINGSTON . After the exposition and discomfiture of the
clan and their designs , a fragment of its more daring members ' conspired to
carry out the plans of their chieftain on the 4th of July , instead of the 25th of
December ...
PROCEEDINGS AT LIVINGSTON . After the exposition and discomfiture of the
clan and their designs , a fragment of its more daring members ' conspired to
carry out the plans of their chieftain on the 4th of July , instead of the 25th of
December ...
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On the 27th of June , at a large and respectable meeting of the citizens , held at
Livingston , Colonel H . D . Runnels in the chair , resolutions were adopted ,
appointing patrols and committees of investigation , who were requested to report
the ...
On the 27th of June , at a large and respectable meeting of the citizens , held at
Livingston , Colonel H . D . Runnels in the chair , resolutions were adopted ,
appointing patrols and committees of investigation , who were requested to report
the ...
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... minutes , until he began to tremble . When I saw this , I asked him if he knew
Sam , and when he saw him last ? Joe replied that he knew Sam , and had seen
20 PROCEEDINGS AT LIVINGSTON . 229 the slaves of the vicinity intended an ...
... minutes , until he began to tremble . When I saw this , I asked him if he knew
Sam , and when he saw him last ? Joe replied that he knew Sam , and had seen
20 PROCEEDINGS AT LIVINGSTON . 229 the slaves of the vicinity intended an ...
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The gentleman , believing Saunders to be one of the conspirators , had him
arrested and delivered into the hands of the Livingston guard , who were in
search of him , and he was brought back to Livingston on the 2d of July . On the
strength of ...
The gentleman , believing Saunders to be one of the conspirators , had him
arrested and delivered into the hands of the Livingston guard , who were in
search of him , and he was brought back to Livingston on the 2d of July . On the
strength of ...
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... and some others , had been extensively engaged in negro - stealing ; and that
Cotton had contracted to purchase from a gentleman in the neighbourhood of
Livingston a number of Spanish horses , but that he never completed the
purchase ...
... and some others , had been extensively engaged in negro - stealing ; and that
Cotton had contracted to purchase from a gentleman in the neighbourhood of
Livingston a number of Spanish horses , but that he never completed the
purchase ...
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| Título | The History of Virgil A. Stewart: And His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence; Also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835 ... Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920 HeinOnline: World trials library The History of Virgil A. Stewart, H. R. Howard |
| Compilado por | H. R. Howard |
| Editora | Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
| Original de | a Biblioteca Pública de Nova Iorque |
| Digitalizado | 11 Jul 2007 |
| Número de páginas | 273 páginas |
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