Citation - Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia: 1765.08.22

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Index Entry Hymn, sung in Ivelchester, by condemned before execution 
Location Ivelchester 
Citation
PG-P.765.032
22 Aug 1765:23 (1913)
Extract of a letter from Ivelchester, May 9. "Yesterday Mary
Norwood, for poisoning her husband, Joseph Norwood, of
Axbridge, in this county, was burnt here, pursuant to her
sentence, in the presence of about 8000 spectators. . . . [7
lines] After spending some time in prayer, and singing a
hymn, the executioner placed her on a tar-barrel, about
three feet high; . . . [17 lines]


Generic Title Pennsylvania Gazette-Philadelphia 
Date 1765.08.22 
Publisher Franklin, B., and D. Hall 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1765 
Bibliography B0036649
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