Title

Horrid Murder.

Authors

Peter Edes

Files

Description

Broadside publishing news sensationalizing the mass murder of the Purrinton family, including a 14-stanza poem about the crime. Events summarized in the broadside were later published in greater detail in a pamphlet by Peter Edes.

Rights and Access Note

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Publication Date

7-11-1806

Publisher

Peter Edes

City

Augusta, Maine

Keywords

Murder, Crime, Domestic Violence

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

MS_601_Box_2679_Folder_006

Recommended Citation

Edes, Peter, "Horrid Murder." (1806). Maine Bicentennial. 107.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/107