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Alton trials of Winthrop S. Gilman who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob

Title
Alton trials of Winthrop S. Gilman [electronic resource] : who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob / written out from notes of the trial, taken at the time by A member of the bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also, The trial of John Solomon, Levi Palmer, Horace Beall, Josiah Nutter, Jacob Smith, David Butler, William Carr and James M. Rock, indicted with James Jennings, Solomon Morgan and Frederick Bruchy for a riot committed in Alton on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, in unlawfuly and forcibly entering the Warehouse of Godfrey, Gilman & Co. and breaking up and destroying a printing press / written out from notes taken at the time of trial by William S. Lincoln.
Author
Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, 1808-1884.
Publication
New-York : J.F. Trow, 1838.
Supplementary Content
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Details

Additional Authors
  • Solomon, John.
  • Lincoln, William Sever, 1811-1889.
  • Member of the bar of the Alton Municipal Court.
Description
158, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 19 cm.
Subject
  • Lovejoy, Elijah P. 1802-1837
  • Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, 1808-1884 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Trials (Riots) > Illinois > Alton
  • Abolitionists > United States
  • Riots > Illinois > Alton
Note
  • Report of the trials succeeding the anti-abolition riot in which Elijah P. Lovejoy was killed.
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 41268.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
TGPSM11-B767
Author
Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, 1808-1884.
Title
Alton trials of Winthrop S. Gilman [electronic resource] : who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob / written out from notes of the trial, taken at the time by A member of the bar of the Alton Municipal Court. Also, The trial of John Solomon, Levi Palmer, Horace Beall, Josiah Nutter, Jacob Smith, David Butler, William Carr and James M. Rock, indicted with James Jennings, Solomon Morgan and Frederick Bruchy for a riot committed in Alton on the night of the 7th of November, 1837, in unlawfuly and forcibly entering the Warehouse of Godfrey, Gilman & Co. and breaking up and destroying a printing press / written out from notes taken at the time of trial by William S. Lincoln.
Imprint
New-York : J.F. Trow, 1838.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Antebellum; Slavery.
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Added Author
Solomon, John.
Lincoln, William Sever, 1811-1889.
Member of the bar of the Alton Municipal Court.
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