The hanging of Ruth Blay, December 30, 1768 :separating fact from fiction : Historical New Hampshire/ Caroyln Marvin.
- Title:
- The hanging of Ruth Blay, December 30, 1768 :separating fact from fiction : Historical New Hampshire/ Caroyln Marvin.
- Author:
- Marvin, Carolyn.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2009.
- Physical Description:
- p. 2-21.
- Source:
- Vol. 63, No. 1 (Spring 2009) Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- The article discusses the colonial history of New Hampshire and the public execution of teacher Ruth Blay in 1768. The author describes aspects of frontier life and Blay's education and family life. The events surrounding the discovery of a dead infant child and Blay's arrest and prosecution for infanticide are presented. Other topics include reprieves and executive orders deferring the hanging, oral descriptions of the execution, crimes of concealment, and death by strangulation. The article also includes a written statement by Blay composed the evening before her death.
- Language:
- English.
- Subjects:
- Public executions New Hampshire. , Hanging.
- Locations:
- New Hampshire History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- People:
- Blay, Ruth, 1737-1768.
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