Letters, 1847-1854.

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Letters, 1847-1854.

Letters (and typescripts) from Amelia H.C. Nye of New Bedford, Mass. to her sister Marianne H. Ivens of St. Michael, the Azores, regarding their sister Harriet H. and brother-in-law John W. Webster; his financial difficulties; his trial, sentence, and execution for the murder of George Parkman; the effects on the family's living arrangements; and the death of Harriet in 1853. Also, other Hickling family news.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001564

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Webster, Harriet Hickling, 1793-1853.

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Hickling family.

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Webster, John White, 1793-1850

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Harvard professor; murderer of Dr. Parkman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1824 May 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270586850 Murderer of Dr. George Parkman. From the description of Letter : to William Hickling Prescott, 1850 Aug. 29. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41415981 Professor of chemistry at Harvard University. From the description of Letter, 1845, Sept. 24 : Cambridg...

Webster family.

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Ivens, Marianne Hickling.

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Nye, Amelia Hickling Chambers, 1796-1872.

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