Trial of Mary Blandy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 351 pages of information about Trial of Mary Blandy.

Trial of Mary Blandy eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 351 pages of information about Trial of Mary Blandy.

23. The Female Parricide, or the History of Mary-Margaret d’Aubray, Marchioness of Brinvillier....  In which a parallel is drawn between the Marchioness and Miss Blandy.  C. Micklewright, Reading.  Sold by J. Newbery.  Price 1/-. (March 5, 1752.)

Lowndes mentions also:—­

24. An Impartial Inquiry into the Case of Miss Blandy.  With reflections on her Trial, Defence, Bepentance, Denial, Death. 1753. 8vo.

25. The Female Parricide.  A Tragedy, by Edward Crane, of Manchester. 1761. 8vo.

26. A Letter from a Gentleman to Miss Blandy with her answer thereto. 1752. 8vo. (Possibly the same as “A Letter from a Clergyman.”)

The two following are advertised in the newspapers of the day:—­

27. Case of Miss Blandy and Miss Jeffries fairly stated, and compared....  R. Robinson, Golden Lion, Ludgate Street. (March 26, 1752.)

28. Genuine Letters between Miss Blandy and Miss Jeffries before and after their Conviction.  J. Scott, Exchange Alley; W. Owen, Temple Bar; G. Woodfall, Charing Cross. (April 21, 1752.)

29.  Broadside. Execution of Miss Blandy.  Pitts, Printer, Toy and Marble Warehouse, 6 Great St. Andrew’s St., Seven Dials.  Brit.  Mus.

30. The Addl.  MSS., 15930.  Manuscript Department in the Brit.  Mus.

II.  CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES.

1. Read’s Weekly Journal, March and April (1752), February 3 (1753).

2. The General Advertiser, August-November (1751), March and April (1752).

3. The London Evening Post, March and April (1752).

4. The Covent Garden Journal (Sir Alexander Drawcansir), February, March, and April (1752).

5. The London Morning Penny Post, August and September (1751).

6. Gentleman’s Magazine, pp. 396, 486-88 (1751), pp. 108-17, 152, 188, 195 (1752), pp. 47, 151 (1753), p. 803, pt.  II (1783).

7. Universal Magazine, pp 114-124, 187, 281 (1752).

8. London Magazine, pp. 379, 475, 512 (1751), pp. 127, 180, 189 (1752), p. 89 (1753).

[In addition to the two London editions of the authorised report of the trial specified in No. 10 of the Bibliography, it may be noted that the trial was reprinted at length in the same year at Dublin, and in an abridged form at London and Edinburgh, all 8vo.—­ED.]

[Illustration:  The Scotch Triumvirate (From a satirical Print in the Collection of Mr. Horace Bleackley.)]

APPENDIX XIII.

DESCRIPTION OF SATIRICAL PRINT, “THE SCOTCH TRIUMVIRATE.”

(From Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, Vol.  III., Part ii., p. 847.)

“THE SCOTCH TRIUMVIRATE.”

Sr ***g sc. (?  Strange, W.) Ram**y Pix’d.* [1752].

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