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The Murder of Jonathan Cilley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cilley, Jonathan, 1802-1838.
- Cilley, Jonathan.
- Graves, W. J. (William Jordan), 1805-1848.
- Graves, W. J.
- Dueling.
- Murder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.?] : [publisher not identified], [1844?]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "The short period of six years, which has elapsed since the murder of Jonathan Cilley, has not effaced, nor even dimmed, the distinctness of the impressions stamped upon the public mind by that terrible tragedy." --page [1]. Cilley, a congressman from Maine, died Feb. 24, 1838, the result of a duel with William J. Graves, a congressman from Kentucky.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Two columns to the page.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Local Notes:
- Scanned copy imperfect: some discoloration and staining. Text is unaffected.
- Imprint date via handwritten date at top of first page and place of publication via "House of Representatives" supplied at each letterhead.
- OCLC:
- 937019027
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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