Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Milan” in chapter 2.12, page 224 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I:
...d 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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