An edition of Horrid massacre !! (1806)

Horrid massacre !!

sketches of the life of Captain James Purrinton, who on the night of the eighth of July, 1806, murdered his wife, six children, and himself : with a particular account of that shocking catastrophe : to which are subjoined, Remarks on the fatal tendency of erroneous principles, and motives for receiving and obeying the pure and salutary precepts of the Gospel

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Horrid massacre !!
Timothy Merritt
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An edition of Horrid massacre !! (1806)

Horrid massacre !!

sketches of the life of Captain James Purrinton, who on the night of the eighth of July, 1806, murdered his wife, six children, and himself : with a particular account of that shocking catastrophe : to which are subjoined, Remarks on the fatal tendency of erroneous principles, and motives for receiving and obeying the pure and salutary precepts of the Gospel

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Printed and sold by Peter Edes
Language
English
Pages
24

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Subjects
Universalism, Controversial literature
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James Purrinton (1760-1806)

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Horrid massacre !!: sketches of the life of Captain James Purrinton, who on the night of the eighth of July, 1806, murdered his wife, six children, and himself : with a particular account of that shocking catastrophe : to which are subjoined, Remarks on the fatal tendency of erroneous principles, and motives for receiving and obeying the pure and salutary precepts of the Gospel
1806, Printed and sold by Peter Edes
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Signatures: A-B6 (B6 blank).

Title and imprint within mourning borders, illustrated with eight coffins.

The "Remarks" (p. [13]-[24]) may be by Timothy Merritt, who also ascribes the murder to Purrinton's Universalist beliefs, in a sermon published by Edes.

Also issued without the "Remarks"; this issue not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

Shaw & Shoemaker 10588

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Augusta (Kennebec)

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Pagination
22, [2] p. (p. [23]-[24] blank)
Number of pages
24

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OL50221502M
OCLC/WorldCat
14061420

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