Dick Crowninshield, the Assassin, And Zachary Taylor, the Soldier: the Difference Between Them

by WRIGHT, Henry C.

$350 · Offered by Between the Covers

Edinburgh: H. Armour, [circa 1848]. Softcover. Pamphlet. Stitched self-wrappers. 11pp. A fine copy of this incendiary, anti-establishment pamphlet. Richard Crowninshield was an assassin hired by the Knapp brothers to kill their wealthy uncle. He committed suicide in jail, and the Knapp brothers were prosecuted as accessories to murder. It was..... More

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