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To: mbarker12474

First woman hanged in US?


5 posted on 03/26/2019 8:11:56 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (I maUse Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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First woman hanged in US?

Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt Mary Surratt. Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt (1820 or May 1823 – July 7, 1865) was an American boarding house owner who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Sentenced to death, she was hanged and became the first woman executed by the US federal government.
11 posted on 03/26/2019 8:14:27 AM PDT by zaxtres
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To: morphing libertarian

https://www.famous-trials.com/lincoln/2163-home

interesting story


17 posted on 03/26/2019 8:15:35 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: morphing libertarian

Salem witch trial hanged 14 women and a total of 20 people.


26 posted on 03/26/2019 8:19:54 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: morphing libertarian

I went to school for two years at Surattsville High School!

I dated a girl for a very short time named Mary Mudd, the great-great grandaughter of Samuel Mudd, who set John Wilkes Booth’s leg...


42 posted on 03/26/2019 9:08:46 AM PDT by rlmorel (If racial attacks were as common as the Left wants you to think, they wouldn't have to make them up.)
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To: morphing libertarian

No, Salem witch trials although they were not the first either.


43 posted on 03/26/2019 9:23:58 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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Frankie Silvers McDowell County NC 1833ish for the axe murder of husband Charlie??

remember the old ballad frankie and johnny

Caddis the Elder


70 posted on 03/26/2019 10:44:03 AM PDT by palmerizedCaddis (Our friend BHO saved us from Miz Clintoon, best thing I can say about the guy.)
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