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Title

  • Alton trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry, and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November, 1837 while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob

Names

  • Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, 1808-1884, defendant
  • Solomon, John, defendant
  • Lincoln, William Sever, 1811-1889
  • Trow, John Fowler, 1810-1886

Created / Published

  • New York, J.F. Trow, 1838.

Headings

  • -  Riots--Illinois--Alton
  • -  Lovejoy, Elijah P.--(Elijah Parish),--1802-1837
  • -  Gilman, Winthrop Sargent,--1808-1884

Notes

  • -  Report of the trials succeeding the anti-abolition riot in which Elijah P. Lovejoy was killed.

Medium

  • 158 p. front. 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • KF223.G5 A7 1838

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 07035019

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Chicago citation style:

Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, Defendant, John Solomon, William Sever Lincoln, and John Fowler Trow. Alton trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry, and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November,while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob. New York, J.F. Trow, 1838. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/07035019/.

APA citation style:

Gilman, W. S., Solomon, J., Lincoln, W. S. & Trow, J. F. (1838) Alton trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry, and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November,while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob. New York, J.F. Trow. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/07035019/.

MLA citation style:

Gilman, Winthrop Sargent, Defendant, et al. Alton trials: of Winthrop S. Gilman, who was indicted with Enoch Long, Amos B. Roff, George H. Walworth, George H. Whitney, William Harned, John S. Noble, James Morss, Jr., Henry Tanner, Royal Weller, Reuben Gerry, and Thaddeus B. Hurlbut; for the crime of riot, committed on the night of the 7th of November,while engaged in defending a printing press from an attack made on it at that time by an armed mob. New York, J.F. Trow, 1838. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/07035019/>.