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God's revenge against adultery : awfully exemplified in the following cases of American crim. con. I. The accomplished Dr. Theodore Wilson, (Delaware,) who for seducing Mrs. Nancy Wiley, had his brains blown out by her husband. II. The elegant James O'Neale, Esq. (North Carolina,) who for seducing the beautiful Miss Matilda L'Estrange, was killed by her brother / By Mason L. Weems.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 W4187 815g 1816
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825.
Contributor:
Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)
Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Adultery.
Seduction.
Penn Provenance:
Norris, Charles, Dr. (donor)
Physical Description:
48 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1816.
Notes:
Copyright 1815 by Mason L. Weems.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-F⁴.
Cited in:
Shaw & Shoemaker, 39767
Skeel, E.E.F. Weems, 211
Sabin, 102470.
OCLC:
10500313

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