Apr 16, 2013 - Sale 2310

Sale 2310 - Lot 207

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(NEW YORK--BUFFALO.) Trial of Israel Thayer Jr., Isaac Thayer, and Nelson Thayer for the Murder of John Love. 36 pages. 12mo, stitched; worn, faint dampstaining on title page; uncut. [Buffalo, NY?]: "Printed for the publisher," July 1825
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first edition. John Love was an itinerant peddler who was murdered by the Thayer brothers for money. In one of Buffalo's earliest and most sensational capital cases, the brothers were convicted and hung--hence the three coffins on the cover. Approximately 20,000 spectators attended the execution. This printing not known at auction. McDade 974; Sabin 95273.