A faithful narrative of the wicked life and remarkable conversion of Patience Boston alias Samson; who was executed at York, in the County of York, July 24th. 1735. for the murder of Benjamin Trot of Falmouth in Casco Bay, a child of about eight years of age, whom she drowned in a well. : With a preface by the Reverend Messi. Samuel & Joseph Moody, Pastors of the churches in said town. : [Six lines of Scripture texts]

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A faithful narrative of the wicked life and remarkable conversion of Patience Boston alias Samson; who was executed at York, in the County of York, July 24th. 1735. for the murder of Benjamin Trot of Falmouth in Casco Bay, a child of about eight years of age, whom she drowned in a well. : With a preface by the Reverend Messi. Samuel & Joseph Moody, Pastors of the churches in said town. : [Six lines of Scripture texts]
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Boston, Patience, 1711-1735.
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Boston: :: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green. in Queen-Street over against the prison,,
1738.
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Boston, Patience, 1711-1735.
Trot, Benjamin, 1727?-1735.
Murder -- Maine -- Falmouth.
Criminals -- Maine -- Falmouth.
Executions and executioners -- Maine -- York.
Crime -- Maine -- Falmouth.
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"A faithful narrative of the wicked life and remarkable conversion of Patience Boston alias Samson; who was executed at York, in the County of York, July 24th. 1735. for the murder of Benjamin Trot of Falmouth in Casco Bay, a child of about eight years of age, whom she drowned in a well. : With a preface by the Reverend Messi. Samuel & Joseph Moody, Pastors of the churches in said town. : [Six lines of Scripture texts]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N03473.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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