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Hanging Ruth Blay : an eighteenth-century New Hampshire tragedy
- Title
- Hanging Ruth Blay : an eighteenth-century New Hampshire tragedy / Carolyn Marvin.
- Author
- Marvin, Carolyn.
- Publication
- Charleston : History Press, 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV6541.U62 N463 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 125 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm
- Subject
- Blay, Ruth, 1737-1768
- 1600-1799
- Infanticide > New Hampshire > Case studies
- Trials (Infanticide) > New Hampshire > Case studies
- Unmarried mothers > New Hampshire > Social conditions > 18th century > Case studies
- Infanticide
- Trials (Infanticide)
- Unmarried mothers > Social conditions
- New Hampshire > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- New Hampshire
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-125).
- Contents
- The beginning -- Testing the faith -- The great awakening -- Home and family -- Semptress and teacher -- A fall from grace -- South Hampton summer -- Portsmouth: summer of 1768 -- Politics and penal codes -- King v. Blay -- Hope and despair -- The Clough connection -- Epilogue -- Ruth's story as retold through time.
- ISBN
- 9781596298279
- 1596298278
- LCCN
- 2010017201
- OCLC
- ocn610019346
- SCSB-9277782
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library