A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts

A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts
Title A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts PDF eBook
Author David Dudley Field
Publisher
Pages 502
Release 1829
Genre Berkshire County (Mass.)
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A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts

A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts
Title A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts PDF eBook
Author David Dudley Field
Publisher
Pages 494
Release 1829
Genre Berkshire County (Mass.)
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The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler

The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler
Title The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler PDF eBook
Author Irene Quenzler Brown
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 428
Release 2005-04-30
Genre History
ISBN 0674249240

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In 1806 an anxious crowd of thousands descended upon Lenox, Massachusetts, for the public hanging of Ephraim Wheeler, condemned for the rape of his thirteen-year-old daughter, Betsy. Not all witnesses believed justice had triumphed. The death penalty had become controversial; no one had been executed for rape in Massachusetts in more than a quarter century. Wheeler maintained his innocence. Over one hundred local citizens petitioned for his pardon--including, most remarkably, Betsy and her mother. Impoverished, illiterate, a failed farmer who married into a mixed-race family and clashed routinely with his wife, Wheeler existed on the margins of society. Using the trial report to reconstruct the tragic crime and drawing on Wheeler's jailhouse autobiography to unravel his troubled family history, Irene Quenzler Brown and Richard D. Brown illuminate a rarely seen slice of early America. They imaginatively and sensitively explore issues of family violence, poverty, gender, race and class, religion, and capital punishment, revealing similarities between death penalty politics in America today and two hundred years ago. Beautifully crafted, engagingly written, this unforgettable story probes deeply held beliefs about morality and about the nature of justice.

The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Massachusetts

The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Title The Geology of Eastern Berkshire County, Massachusetts PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Kendall Emerson
Publisher
Pages 176
Release 1899
Genre Geology
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History of Western Massachusetts

History of Western Massachusetts
Title History of Western Massachusetts PDF eBook
Author Josiah Gilbert Holland
Publisher
Pages 632
Release 1855
Genre Berkshire County (Mass.)
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A Guide to Massachusetts Local History

A Guide to Massachusetts Local History
Title A Guide to Massachusetts Local History PDF eBook
Author Charles Allcott Flagg
Publisher
Pages 306
Release 1907
Genre Cities and towns
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Bibliotheca americana, 1878

Bibliotheca americana, 1878
Title Bibliotheca americana, 1878 PDF eBook
Author Robert Clarke & Co
Publisher
Pages 346
Release 1878
Genre America
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