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The Confession of Mary Cole : who was executed on Friday, 26th June, at Newton, Sussex County, N.J. for the murder of Agnes Teaurs [i.e., Thuers], her mother.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 28175. Connect to full text. Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 28175.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cole, Mary, 1790-1812.
- Cole, Mary.
- Thuers, Agnes, -1811.
- Thuers, Agnes.
- Cole, Cornelius A.
- Last words.
- Parricide--New Jersey.
- Parricide.
- Murder--New Jersey.
- Murder.
- Women murderers--New Jersey.
- Women murderers.
- Executions and executioners--New Jersey--Newton.
- Executions and executioners.
- Trials (Murder)--New Jersey--Sussex County.
- Trials (Murder).
- New Jersey--Sussex County.
- New Jersey--Newton.
- New Jersey.
- Genre:
- Convicts' addresses.
- Physical Description:
- 12 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New-York: : Printed for the purchasers., 1812.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Savage brutality
- At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in Sussex County last week, at which Judge Pennington presided, Cornelius A. Cole and Mary Cole, his wife, were tried for the murder of Agnes Teaurs. Mary Cole was convicted, but her husband, Cornelius A Cole, was acquitted of the murder
- The following journal and confession was taken by a person who attended Mary Cole while in prison, and to the place of execution, and may be relied on as correct.
- Notes:
- Wood-engraving of a hanging on the title page is the only illustration.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 28175).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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