Description: Scarce Original 1886 Pamphlet "The Parker Murder, Manchester's Great Mystery" The Story of the Murder of Jonas L. Parker, March 26, 1845, With an Account of the Efforts to Discover his Murderers, And a Report of the Famous Trial of the Wentworths. Manchester, NH: Printed by John B. Clarke, 1886. 43 pp. Measures 5.75" x 8.5." Text in parallel columns. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Tape on the front cover. Light soiling, light rubbing to extremities, early owner inscription to top of the front page, light browning to text. Multiple stamps on the front cover placing this at one point in the Chicago Tribune Library. Only edition. Parker was the local tax collector and his body, with throat cut, was found outside the town. The Wentworths were not tried until 1850; then they were defended by Franklin Piece and Benjamin F. Butler and acquitted. Please see photos for condition issues.
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Location: Miami, Florida
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Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1920
