The great sin and danger of striving with God. : A sermon preached at Wethersfield, December 13th, 1782. At the funeral of Mrs. Lydia Beadle, wife of the late William Beadle, and their four children, who were all murdered by his own hands on the morning of the 11th instant. / By John. Marsh A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Wethersfield. ; To which is annexed a letter, from a gentleman in Wethersfield to his friend, containing a narrative of the life of William Beadle, (so far as it is known) and the particulars of the massacre of himself and family.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Marsh, John, 1742-1821.

Contributor:

Mitchell, Stephen Mix, 1743-1835.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21216.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beadle, Lydia, 1750-1782.

Beadle, Lydia.

Beadle, William, approximately 1730-1782.

Beadle, William.

Bedell family.

Uxoricide--Connecticut--Wethersfield.

Uxoricide.

Infanticide--Connecticut--Wethersfield.

Infanticide.

Suicide--Connecticut--Wethersfield.

Suicide.

Murder--Connecticut--Wethersfield.

Murder.

Connecticut--Wethersfield.

Genre:

Funeral sermons -- 1782.

Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Middleborough.

Physical Description:

38 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (4to)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

Middleborough, (County of Plymouth) [Mass.] : Printed and sold by N. Coverly., M,DCCLXXXVIII. [1788]

Notes:

The narrative of the life of Beadle is by Stephen Mix Mitchell. Cf. Stiles, H.R. The history of ... Wethersfield, v. 1, p. 695-700.

Bookseller's advertisement, p. [39].

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21216).

Cited in:

Evans 21216

McDade, T.M. Murder, 76

OCLC:

55820581