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Grace Marks (c. 1828 – after c. 1873) was an Irish-Canadian maid who was involved in the 1843 murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Her conviction for the murder of Kinnear was controversial and sparked much debate about whether Marks was actually instrumental in the murder or ...
The story fictionalizes the notorious 1843 murders of Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper Nancy Montgomery in Canada West. Two servants of the Kinnear household, Grace Marks and James McDermott, were convicted of the crime. McDermott was hanged and Marks was sentenced to life imprisonment. [1]
Title page of The Exceeding Riches of Grace (1647), probably the most popular book Hannah Allen sold. Hannah Allen (est. by 1610–after 1664) (fl. 1632 – 1664), born Hannah Howse and later Hannah Chapman, was an English bookseller and printer whose trade focussed on religious treatises and colonial affairs in America. Our knowledge of Allen ...
Members of the Mount Tabor Indian community, Tribal Chairman Cheryl Giordano, right, and Community Coordinator Amy Betts watch with Mayor Mayor William Tate, in cowboy hat, as the
The words on the brass tablet state: "This boulder marks the site where Chippewas camped as early as 1843. Early white settlers of the Town of Sherman exchanged provisions for Indian wares on this ...
The 1843 State of the Union address was delivered by the tenth president of the United States John Tyler to the 27th United States Congress on December 5, 1843. In this address, President Tyler spoke of America's overall prosperity and stability, crediting "the superintendence of an overruling Providence" for guiding the nation through its many trials.
The almanac had different editors and publishers under the American Anti-Slavery Society, depending on the edition and the publication location. The authors were part of the society, such as Lydia Maria Child , an abolitionist and women's rights advocate who served on the American Anti-Slavery society board during the 1840s and 1850s.
Grace Marks is controversially convicted of murder after her trial on November 3 and 4, 1843. The crime and trial will form the basis for Margaret Atwood 's novel Alias Grace in 1996. Births