Summary account of the life and death of Joseph Quasson, Indian; who on the 28. day of August 1725. at Arundel in the county of York, & province of Main [sic], in New-England, shot his fellow-soldier and kinsman, John Peter: so that he died of the wound in a few days. For which murder being apprehended, tried, and after conviction, condemned at York in the province aforesaid, on the 12th of May following; he was there executed on the 29th of June, 1726. / By Samuel Moodey, M.A. Pastor of the Church in York.
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- Summary account of the life and death of Joseph Quasson, Indian; who on the 28. day of August 1725. at Arundel in the county of York, & province of Main [sic], in New-England, shot his fellow-soldier and kinsman, John Peter: so that he died of the wound in a few days. For which murder being apprehended, tried, and after conviction, condemned at York in the province aforesaid, on the 12th of May following; he was there executed on the 29th of June, 1726. / By Samuel Moodey, M.A. Pastor of the Church in York.
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- Moodey, Samuel, 1676-1747.
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- Boston, :: Printed for S. Gerrish, the lower end of Cornhill.,
- 1726.
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- Subject terms
- Quasson, Joseph, 1698-1726.
- Peter, John, d. 1725.
- Indians of North America -- Crime.
- Murder -- Maine -- Arundel.
- Executions and executioners -- Maine -- York.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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"Summary account of the life and death of Joseph Quasson, Indian; who on the 28. day of August 1725. at Arundel in the county of York, & province of Main [sic], in New-England, shot his fellow-soldier and kinsman, John Peter: so that he died of the wound in a few days. For which murder being apprehended, tried, and after conviction, condemned at York in the province aforesaid, on the 12th of May following; he was there executed on the 29th of June, 1726. / By Samuel Moodey, M.A. Pastor of the Church in York." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N02347.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.