Author: Calvin Colton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-west Territory, in 1830
Author: Calvin Colton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-west Territory, in 1830: Disclosing the Character and Prospects of the Indian Race
Author: Calvin Colton
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Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-West Territory
Author: Calvin Colton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734061075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-West Territory by Calvin Colton
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734061075
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Tour of the American Lakes, and Among the Indians of the North-West Territory by Calvin Colton
Tour of the American Lakes
Author: Calvin Colton
Publisher:
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Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cherokee Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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The Eclectic Review
Author: Samuel Greatheed
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The New World Book List
Author: George, firm, publishers, Bristol, Eng. (1890. William George's Sons)
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : W. George's Sons
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : W. George's Sons
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
American Book Prices Current
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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A Hanging in Detroit
Author: David Gardner Chardavoyne
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814337392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The first historical study—and a riveting account—of the last execution in Michigan. On September 24, 1830, Stephen G. Simmons, a fifty-year-old tavern keeper and farmer, was hanged in Detroit for murdering his wife, Levana Simmons, in a drunken, jealous rage. Michigan executed only two people during the fifty-year period, from 1796 to 1846, when the death penalty was legal within its boundaries. Simmons was the second and last person to be executed under Michigan law. In A Hanging in DetroitDavid G. Chardavoyne vividly evokes not only the crime, trial, and execution of Simmons, but also the setting and players of the drama, social and legal customs of the times, and the controversy that arose because of the affair. Chardavoyne illuminates his account of this important moment in Michigan's history with many little-known facts, creating a study that is at once an engrossing story and the first historical examination of the event that helped bring about the abolition of the death penalty in Michigan. Simmons execution came at a time when Michigan had begun to change from a sparsely populated wilderness to a thriving agricultural center, and Detroit from a small military outpost to a metropolis founded on trade, manufacturing, and an influx of immigrants and other settlers. The hanging was a defining moment during this period of dramatic social change. Thousands of spectators crowded into Detroit expecting to see a thrilling public execution. Many of those spectators, however, left deeply disturbed by the spectacle they had witnessed. Chardavoyne, a lawyer, probes the unsettling incident which sparked a profound shift in attitudes toward capital punishment in Michigan, examining along the way such mysteries as why Simmons was hanged for his crime when other contemporary killers were hardly punished at all. A Hanging in Detroit will fascinate legal historians and lay readers alike with its incisive look into Great Lakes regional history and crime and punishment in Michigan.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814337392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The first historical study—and a riveting account—of the last execution in Michigan. On September 24, 1830, Stephen G. Simmons, a fifty-year-old tavern keeper and farmer, was hanged in Detroit for murdering his wife, Levana Simmons, in a drunken, jealous rage. Michigan executed only two people during the fifty-year period, from 1796 to 1846, when the death penalty was legal within its boundaries. Simmons was the second and last person to be executed under Michigan law. In A Hanging in DetroitDavid G. Chardavoyne vividly evokes not only the crime, trial, and execution of Simmons, but also the setting and players of the drama, social and legal customs of the times, and the controversy that arose because of the affair. Chardavoyne illuminates his account of this important moment in Michigan's history with many little-known facts, creating a study that is at once an engrossing story and the first historical examination of the event that helped bring about the abolition of the death penalty in Michigan. Simmons execution came at a time when Michigan had begun to change from a sparsely populated wilderness to a thriving agricultural center, and Detroit from a small military outpost to a metropolis founded on trade, manufacturing, and an influx of immigrants and other settlers. The hanging was a defining moment during this period of dramatic social change. Thousands of spectators crowded into Detroit expecting to see a thrilling public execution. Many of those spectators, however, left deeply disturbed by the spectacle they had witnessed. Chardavoyne, a lawyer, probes the unsettling incident which sparked a profound shift in attitudes toward capital punishment in Michigan, examining along the way such mysteries as why Simmons was hanged for his crime when other contemporary killers were hardly punished at all. A Hanging in Detroit will fascinate legal historians and lay readers alike with its incisive look into Great Lakes regional history and crime and punishment in Michigan.
Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History
Author: Franklin Bowditch Dexter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
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