History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . ll felonies were awardedcapital punishment, and many minor crimes 322 ENGLISH AMERICA [1750 incurred barbarous penalties. Whipping-post, pillory, and stocks were in frequentuse. So late as 1760 women were publiclywhipped. At Hartford, in 1761, DavidCampbell and Alexander Pettigrew, for theburglary of two watches, received each fif-teen stripes, the loss of the right ear, andthe brand-mark B on the forehead. Pet-tigrew came near losing his life from theprofuse bleeding which ensued. A husbandkilling his wi
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time . ll felonies were awardedcapital punishment, and many minor crimes 322 ENGLISH AMERICA [1750 incurred barbarous penalties. Whipping-post, pillory, and stocks were in frequentuse. So late as 1760 women were publiclywhipped. At Hartford, in 1761, DavidCampbell and Alexander Pettigrew, for theburglary of two watches, received each fif-teen stripes, the loss of the right ear, andthe brand-mark B on the forehead. Pet-tigrew came near losing his life from theprofuse bleeding which ensued. A husbandkilling his wife was hanged. A wife killingher husband was burned, as were slaves whoslew their masters. In care for the unfortunate and in thestudy and in all applications of social sci-ence, Philadelphia led. The PennsylvaniaHospital, the first institution of the kind inAmerica, was founded in 1751. The Phila-delphia streets were the first to be lighted ;those of New York next; those of Bostonnot till 1773. Before the end of the periodnow before us Philadelphia and New Yorkalso had night Signature of Jolliet (old spelling). CHAPTER VIII. ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA Working upward from the mouth of theSt. Lawrence to the source of this and ofthe Mississippi, and then down the latterriver, Franciscans and Jesuits their pioneers,
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