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A pamphlet cover summarizing the contents with engraved portrait of Professor John W. Webster, print and publication information, and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
Page 14 of a pamphlet, detailing a section of trial transcript and an engraving of the remains found in the medical college which consisted of the torso and partial legs of a body.
Pages 10 and 11 of a pamphlet with large engravings of the relevant scenes and text from the trial.
Page 18 includes trial text and four small engravings of dental bridges from Dr. Parkman’s mouth.
A full page engraving of Dr. Parkman, walking in a top hat and tail coat, “as last seen previous to the murder”.
An illustration of the skeletal remains recovered pictured in profile as though walking, with a detail of the partial lower jaw below.
On page 74, an engraving of the view of the interior of a small stone room with a narrow bed, table, and chair..
Head and shoulders engraving of Ephraim Littlefield, and below, an “accurate drawing” of the articles found in the laboratory.
Pamphlet page summarizing contents with two sections and an illustration of a bludgeon loaded with lead
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
A profile portrait of John Francis Knapp in a coat with a body of text underneath.
Official report and pamphlet cover with content summary, and print and publishing information.
Front cover of a pamphlet, featuring a head and shoulders portrait of Harriett Staunton.
An engraving of the head and shoulders, left profile of Mrs. Patrick Staunton wearing a hat.
An engraving of the head and shoulders, left profile of Miss Alice Rhodes wearing a hat.
Pages 8 and 9 of The life and trial of the four prisoners connected with the Penge murder. On page 8 is an engraving of the head and shoulders, left pose of Louis Staunton. On page 9 is an engraving of the head and shoulder, left pose of Patrick Staunton.
The printed cover of a pamphlet including a title, description of the contents, and a quotation from the bible as well as the printer’s name: Randal Taylor.

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The printed cover of a pamphlet including a title, description of the contents, and a quotation from the bible as well as the printer’s name: Randal Taylor.

The Last Words of a Dying Penitent…, 1692

The last words of a dying penitent: being an exact account of the passages...on which was grounded the first suspicion of his being concerned in the...murder of Dr. Clinch... Written with his own hand after condemnation... Author: Henry Harrison. 31 pp. (London, 1692).

About the Case

Henry Harrison was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Dr. Andrew Clinch, who had loaned a large sum of money to Harrison’s friend, a widow, and had evicted her when she failed to repay him. Typically, many 17th- and 18th-century murder pamphlets take the form of the last words or confession of a person who has been sentenced to death.

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