Boston Gazette
Series Run: 1719 – 1798
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Published in Boston.
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These transcriptions are sourced from America’s Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers. Series 1, From Colonies to Nation, provided by Readex: A Division of Newsbank
July 29th 1734
“We hear an Indian Woman on the 9th of this Month took a Boy out of his Bed of about 9 years old and threw him in a Well, where he perished; she afterwards confessed the Fact and the Coroners Inquest brought the Indian Woman in Guilty of Willful Murder. It’s said, said Woman has been try’d before for Murder at Barnstable” [4].
Other Relevant Articles
- Opens with letters exchanged in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire by colonial officials.
- News from Europe with a section devoted to London.
Boston Gazette. Boston, Massachusetts, no. 760, 29 July 1734, pp. 4, Readex: America’s Historical Newspapers, America’s Historical Newspapers & Periodicals | Readex. Accessed 13 March 2025.
July 28th 1735
“We heard from York, that on Thursday last the Indian Woman was Executed there for the murder of her Master’s Child, as mentioned in one of our former Papers” [4].
Boston Gazette. Boston, Massachusetts, no. 812, 28 July 1735, pp. 4, Readex: America’s Historical Newspapers, America’s Historical Newspapers & Periodicals | Readex. Accessed 13 March 2025.