Lines on the sorrowful end of Mary and Caroline Back [i.e. Beck] :
who met with their death on Sunday, August the third, through the jealousy of the lover of the sister Caroline, at Dover : the perpetrater of this fearful deed is Didea Readanies [i.e. Dedea Redanies], in the service of the Spanish Legion, and the cause of his commiting [sic] the murders was, firstly, that he believed a false report that was current, which was, that Caroline was pregnant, secondly, because Caroline returned his portrait, and they were going to part; thus, for these trifling things have two young and beautiful women been a sacrifice to his fearful disposition /
in memory of which these verses have been written by a near relative.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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[London] : E. Hodges, printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, Grafton Street, Soho, [1856?]
- Subjects
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Redanies, Dedea,
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Redanies, Dedea, /
d. 1857
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Redanies, Dedea, / d. 1857 /
Poetry.
Beck, Mary,
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Beck, Mary, /
d. 1856?
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Beck, Mary, / d. 1856? /
Poetry.
Beck, Caroline,
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Beck, Caroline, /
d. 1856?
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Beck, Caroline, / d. 1856? /
Poetry.
Murder
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Murder /
England
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Murder / England /
Poetry.
- Note
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Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
Includes transcriptions of three letters from Redanies to Caroline.
Printed in 2 columns, with an engraving at head of first column and an ornamental border between columns.
Verse begins "Come all you lovers I pray take warning".
Date of imprint conjectured from Redanies' date of execution: Jan. 1, 1857. Cf. Capital Punishment U.K. site via WWW, viewed September 10, 2008.
Caption title.
In verse.
- Physical Description
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1 sheet ([1] p.) :
1 ill. ;
25 x 20 cm.
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