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The Double suicide : the true history of the lives of the twin sisters, Sarah and Maria Williams : containing an account of Maria's love, mock marriage, suffering and degradation, together with Sarah's love and suffering, and the removal of her father Westward with his family, the death of the mother, brother, sister and father, the return of Sarah and her lover to New-York, and the final suicide of Sarah and her lover in Brooklyn, the disappearance of Maria, the revelations of the coroner's inquest, and the funeral ceremonies of the suicide lovers, who were found dead in each other's arms by the young man's mother, at the house of his father, on the morning of the 27th of June, 1855.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suicide--Fiction.
- Suicide.
- Twins--Fiction.
- Twins.
- Sisters--Fiction.
- Sisters.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- National Book Committee.
- Marriage--Fiction.
- Marriage.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (64 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H. H. Randall, [1855]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 937017657
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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