Josiah Burnham : his trial and execution for murder : with sermon preached at Haverhill, N.H. / by the Rev. David Sutherland at time and place of execution August 12, 1806.

Woodsville, New Hampshire : News Book and Job Print, 1909.

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Burnham, Josiah, -- 1743-1806 -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Freeman, Russell, -- 1750-1805 -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Starkweather, Joseph, -- -1805 -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Trials (Murder) -- Haverhill (N.H.)

Murder -- Haverhill (N.H.)

Prison homicide -- Haverhill (N.H.)

Executions and executioners -- Haverhill (N.H.)

"On the evening of December 17, 1805, Josiah Burnham, who was confined in the jail for debt, brutally murdered two fellow prisioners, Capt. Joseph Starkweather, Jr., of Haverhill and Russell Freeman, Esq., of Hanover, who were also confined for debt"--P. [5].

Foreword on p. [3] signed: William F. Whitcher.

A sermon delivered at Haverhill, Newhampshire [sic], August 12, 1806 (p. [19]-38) with facsimile of original 1806 t.p.

"Only 25 copies printed"--T.p. verso.

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38 p. ; 24 cm