Image of escaped murderers Bowen and Morrill. Courtesy of the New Hampshire Historical Society.

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Image
Identifier:
400247  
Title:
Image of escaped murderers Bowen and Morrill. Courtesy of the New Hampshire Historical Society.
Description:
Woodcut from the New-Hampshire Gazette, October 23, 1722.

In August,, 1753, three Abenaki Indians brought furs to trade at Boscawen, NH, where they were murdered by two men named Bowen and Morrill. Although arrested for the crime, locals helped them escape, never to be apprehended.

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“Image of escaped murderers Bowen and Morrill. Courtesy of the New Hampshire Historical Society.,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed May 4, 2025, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/1104.Item400247

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