![[Item #50194] The Charlestown Convent; Its Destruction by a Mob, on the night of August 11, 1834. With a history of the excitement before the burning, and the strange and exaggerated reports relating thereto; the feeling of regret and indignation afterwards; the proceedings of meetings, and expressions of the contemporary press. Also, the trials of the rioters, the testimony, and the speeches of the counsel. With a review of the incidents, and sketches and record of the principal actors. ANONYMOUS, attr Isaac W. Frye.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50194.jpg?auto=webp&v=1594440071)
The Charlestown Convent; Its Destruction by a Mob, on the night of August 11, 1834. With a history of the excitement before the burning, and the strange and exaggerated reports relating thereto; the feeling of regret and indignation afterwards; the proceedings of meetings, and expressions of the contemporary press. Also, the trials of the rioters, the testimony, and the speeches of the counsel. With a review of the incidents, and sketches and record of the principal actors
Boston: New England News Company, 1870. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); stitched pamphlet; 98pp. Apparently lacking self-wrapper (pagination beginning on p. [3]), stock quite toned, large soil spot to title page only faintly affecting following leaf; a Good only copy.
Compilation of first-hand and contemporary accounts of the the anti-Catholic Ursuline Convent riots during which the structure was burned to the ground by a Protestant mob. Text concludes with a brief account of the fates of those involved thirty-five years after the fact. SABIN 26103.
Price: $125.00
