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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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A profile portrait of John Francis Knapp in a coat with a body of text underneath.

John Francis Knapp, 1830

John Francis Knapp, Arraigned as Principal on the first indictment, is the younger brother. He is above the middle stature, but not tall….

Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury: Recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830… 28 pp. (Boston, 1830).

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John Francis and Joseph Knapp hired Richard Crowninshield to murder their uncle Joseph White, a Salem, Massachusetts sea captain, in order to inherit some of his wealth. On an April night in 1830, Crowninshield entered White’s home and stabbed him to death, while the brothers remained outside, a few hundred yards away. Read more….

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A pamphlet cover summarizing the contents, a titlepage with a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library, with a profile portrait and paragraph about John Francis Knapp

Second trial of John Francis Knapp by a new jury: Recommenced at Salem, August 14, 1830, for the murder of Capt. Joseph White, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a special session, commenced at Salem, July 20, 1830… (Boston, 1830).

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Pamphlet page summarizing contents with two sections and an illustration of a bludgeon loaded with lead
Bludgeon Loaded with Lead.
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
Second Trial of John Francis Knapp by a New Jury…, 1830

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