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Dreadful news from Cumberland : Being a true relation of a most horrid and barbarous murder committed the 18th of April, 1753; shewing how one William Johnson, a butcher, went to Mr Wilkinson's a grazier near Wigton in the county of Cumberland, to buy cattle, and found the said Mr. Wilkinson, his wise, three daughters marriageable, three small children, a nurse, and a ..., all inhumanly murdered in their [beds] and weltering in their gore. With an account of the wonderful discovery of the murderers; their apprehending and commitment to Carlisle Goal. With the substance of a sermon preached on this sad occasion by the Rev. Mr James Douglas, minister of Wigton. In a letter to a gentleman. Licenced and entered according to order.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--England--Cumberland--Early works to 1800.
- Murder.
- Sermons, English--18th century.
- Sermons, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8p. )
- Other Title:
- Dreadful news from Cumberland
- Place of Publication:
- [Carlisle? : s.n., 1755?]
- Notes:
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T189538.
- OCLC:
- 509481259
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