Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mrs. Conner” in chapter 2.12, page 224 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I:
... country and was successfully produced in London.
It was based on the killing, in 1828, by Colonel Beauchamp of Kentucky, of Colonel Sharpe, who had seduced Beauchamp's wife before their marriage. Mrs. Conner transferred the scene to Milan
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