Shocking murder! A distressing account of the murder of Mr.Samuel Smith, and his three daughters: one an infant at the breast, by the savages, in July 1805.Related by Mrs. Smith. “O Read with attention the melancholly Tale, and it shall send you weeping to your beds!” 

Title

Shocking murder! A distressing account of the murder of Mr.
Samuel Smith, and his three daughters: one an infant at the breast, by the savages, in July 1805.
Related by Mrs. Smith. “O Read with attention the melancholly Tale, and it shall send you weeping to your beds!” 

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Mary (Mrs. Samuel) Smith Shocking murder! A distressing account of the murder of Mr. Samuel Smith, and his three daughters: one an infant at the breast, by the savages, in July 1805.
Related by Mrs. Smith. “O Read with attention the melancholly Tale, and it shall send you weeping to your beds!” 
New Haven, CT: [No publisher], 1805. Broadside, illustrated with woodcuts.

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Mary (Mrs. Samuel) Smith

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Date

1805

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Mary (Mrs. Samuel) Smith, “Shocking murder! A distressing account of the murder of Mr.Samuel Smith, and his three daughters: one an infant at the breast, by the savages, in July 1805.Related by Mrs. Smith. “O Read with attention the melancholly Tale, and it shall send you weeping to your beds!” ,” DeGolyer Library Exhibits, accessed May 7, 2024, https://degolyer.omeka.net/items/show/1048.