Papers, 1824-1850.

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Papers, 1824-1850.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225194037

This collection contains letters of John White Webster, for the period 1824 to 1848, and material pertaining to the trial, 1850. The letters were written primarily to fellow mineral-collectors concerning their "finds" and the exchange of various minerals. The recipients include William Lincoln (1801-1843) of Worcester, Mass., and Enoch Lincoln (1788-1829) of Paris, Me. The collection includes a detailed newsclipping account of the trial from the Boston Daily Advertiser as it transpired in the Supreme Judicial Court in March 1850. There is also an indexed booklet containing the depositions of various witnesses for the prosecution, including scientists, physicians, police detectives, the janitor who discovered the corpse, and relatives of Dr. Parkman who identified his remains. Several depositions contain detailed scientific analyses and mearsurements for purposes of identification.

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American Antiquarian Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7053426

American Antiquarian Society

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Lincoln, Enoch, 1788-1829

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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...

Parkman, George, 1790-1849

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Boston physician and murder victim. From the description of Letters received, ca. 1826-1847. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 14445201 ...

Lincoln, William, 1801-1843

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v34d7 (person)