Diary, 1801-1863.

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Diary, 1801-1863.

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Photocopy of typed transcript of diary, 1841-1849, kept by Universalist ministerCharles Spear (1803-1863).

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Andover-Harvard Theological Library

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Spear, Charles, 1801-1863

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The title refers to the murder of Dr. George Parkman of Harvard Medical School. John White Webster was convicted and hanged for the gruesome murder in 1850. The trial caused a sensation and was the subject of a great deal of publicity due, at least in part, to the fact that both the victim and killer were affiliated with Harvard and part of the brahmin ranks of Boston society. From the description of The Parkman tragedy, 1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509900 ...