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Front cover of a pamphlet. In the center of the cover is a head and shoulders, left pose of Jennie E. Cramer.
Titlepage of The beautiful victim of the Elm City: Being a full, fair, and impartial narrative of all that is known of the terrible fate of the trusting and unfortunate Jennie E. Cramer: Giving all the evidence that led the jury to hold James Malley, Jr. as her murderer, and to denounce Walter E. Malley and Blanche Douglass as aiders and abettors in this terrible social tragedy.
Head and shoulders, left pose engraved portrait of a woman.
Head and shoulders, left pose engraved portrait of a man.
An engraving of the discovery of the body. In the background are the docks at West Haven.
An engraving of Malley’s store building, a large four storey building on a city street corner.
An engraving of the front of the Malley mansion. In the forefront are three people. A man and a woman are sitting while another woman stands to their left.
Frontispiece featuring an illustration of Lucretia P. Cannon and her gang firing at the slave dealers and pamphlet cover with an illustration of Cannon throwing an infant into a fire, a summary of the trial, and print and publishing information.
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the trial, print and publishing information, and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
Printed cover giving the title, information about the court, the printer’s information and the price (two shillings).
The cover of a pamphlet with a summary of the contents and statement: “…the whole published for the satisfaction of the public.”
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents, a decorative figure, and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.
The cover of a pamphlet containing reprinted correspondence and the statement “The original copy of this letter…for the satisfaction of the public, is left with the Publisher.”.
Pamphlet cover with a summary of the contents and a library stamp from the Surgeon General’s Office Library.

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The cover of a pamphlet with a summary of the contents and statement: “…the whole published for the satisfaction of the public.”

Capt. Cranstoun's Account..., 1752

Capt. Cranstoun's account of the poisoning [of] the late Mr. Francis Blandy, of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire: declared solemnly by him before he died, at Furnes, in Flanders, on the 30th of November last. In which are contained some particulars of his private marriage with...Miss Blandy; and copies of three letters from the said Miss Blandy, to him...With an account of Mr. Cranstoun's distresses, from the time he absconded to his death... 17 pp. (London, 1752).

About the Case

Four pamphlets on the case of Mary Blandy, who was hanged in 1752 for poisoning her father with arsenic in Oxford, England. Francis Blandy had disapproved of his daughter’s relationship with Captain William Cranstoun.

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MedlinePlus Health Topic: Arsenic