Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Hanging Ruth Blay (NH): An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy

Hanging Ruth Blay (NH): An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy
Hanging Ruth Blay An EighteenthCentury New Hampshire Tragedy - NH
Author: Carolyn Marvin
On a cold December morning in 1768, thirty-one-year-old Ruth Blay approached the gallows erected for her execution. Standing on the high ground in the northwest corner of what is now Portsmouth's old South Cemetery, she would have had a clear view across the pasture to the harbor and open sea. The eighteenth-century hanging of a schoolteacher fo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781596298279
ISBN-10: 1596298278
Publication Date: 6/4/2010
Pages: 128
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: The History Press
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 5
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: