High Treason
Posted on December 12, 2011 by James Riley“…Benjamin Merrill, be carried to the place from whence you came, that you be drawn from thence to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck; that you be cut down while you are yet alive…” Without dispute, the greatest news story of 1771 in the American Colonies would have […]Continue Reading ยป
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