Horrid massacre !!
Subtitle: sketches of the life of Captain James Purrinton, who on the night of the eighth of July, 1806, murdered his wife, six children, and himself : with a particular account of that shocking catastrophe : to which are subjoined, Remarks on the fatal tendency of erroneous principles, and motives for receiving and obeying the pure and salutary precepts of the Gospel.
Contributors: Merritt, Timothy, 1775-1845.
Publisher: Printed and sold by Peter Edes
Place of publication: Augusta (Kennebec)
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Purrinton, James, -- 1760-1806.; Universalism -- Controversial literature.
Notes: Signatures: A-B6 (B6 blank).

Title and imprint within mourning borders, illustrated with eight coffins.

The "Remarks" (p. [13]-[24]) may be by Timothy Merritt, who also ascribes the murder to Purrinton's Universalist beliefs, in a sermon published by Edes.

Also issued without the "Remarks"; this issue not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

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