Confessions, trials, and biographical sketches of the most cold blooded murderers
Subtitle: who have been executed in this country from its first settlement down to the present time
By: compiled entirely from the most authentic sources ; containing also, accounts of various other daring outrages committed in this and other countries ; embellished with numerous engravings, representing the scenes of blood and correct likenesses of the criminals.
Contributors: Thomson, George Newton, 1808-1895.
Publisher: George N. Thomson; E. Littlefield
Published: 1841
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Murder -- United States -- History.; Murderers -- United States.; Trials (Murder) -- United States.
Other titles: Murders and daring outrages committed in this country
Notes: "This is a popular collection of American crime narratives, most lacking substantial trial material"--Cohen.

Copyright statement on t.p. verso includes publisher Thomson's name.

Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, v. 4, p. 386

Checklist Amer. imprints 41-1255

LC copy stamped on t.p. verso: Transfer, U.S. Soldiers Home Library, Jan. 25, 1933.