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(CRIME.)The Life and Confession of John Caldwell Colt. Who Stands Indicted for the Murder of Mr. Samuel Adams.2 plates, illustrated title. 12mo, lacking front paper wrapper; minor browning and edge tears; contemporary pencil additions to the text concerning the case.<\t>New York, 1841
This pamphlet not listed in McDade, although other later items are noted in his bibliography. The brother of Samuel Colt, John Colt used a hatchet to murder Samuel Adams, whose body he packed in a box and tried to mail to New Orleans. Colt committed suicide just hours before his execution.<
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