Edgware Road Murder Scrapbook
Scope and Contents
A volume of contemporary newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and broadsheet publications relating to the Edgware Road Murder.
Dates
- 1837
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
In 1837, a woman's head was found floating in Regent's Canal in London, England. The victim, Hannah Brown, was engaged to James Greenacre, who was later convicted of her murder. Greenacre had been engaged to Brown solely for her money and planned to flee to America with his mistress. The murder, horrifying in nature, drew huge public interest.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (1 clamshell box.)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Peter Harrington Rare Books.
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- Title
- Edgware Road Murder Scrapbook
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Suzanne Helms.
- Date
- May 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository