Joseph White Murder Papers, 1830.

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Joseph White Murder Papers, 1830.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166254471

This collection contains original material from the events surounding the murder trial of Joseph White, including the indictment, names of the jurors, testimonies, the autopsy, newspaper accounts, and letters to and from the principals. Also included are the records of the Vigilance Committee, which was formed shortly after the murder to ⁰́₋ferret out the perpetrator⁰́₊ and administer watch patrols. Of interest is an account of the murder by William R. L. Ward, an employee of Joseph White.

2 boxes (1 linear foot).

Peabody Essex Museum

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Peabody Essex Museum

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

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Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. As one of the most prominent American lawyers of the 19th century, he argued over 200 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court between 1814 and his death in 1852. During his life, he was a member of the Federalist Party, the Nati...

Rantoul, Robert S.

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Knapp, Jr., Joseph Jenkins, d. 1830.

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Knapp, John Francis, 1810-1830

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Ward, William Raymond Lee, 1811-1897.

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Crowninshield, Richard, 1804-1830

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Vigilance Committee.

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White, Joseph, 1747 or 1748-1830

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