An Awful Accident
Musee de Venoge
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17m
In March of 1817 Jacob Weaver details a terrible accident which took place in Vevay, Indiana. Could the accident he describes actually have been murder? Using his actual letters and original source documents we compare what he wrote and to what actually happened. Come along with us and ponder the legal arguments as we read between the lines.
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