The important results of an elaborate investigation into the mysterious case of Elizabeth Fenning: being a detail of extraordinary facts discovered since her execution, including the official report of her singular trial, now first published, and copious notes thereon. : Also, numerous authentic documents; an argument on her case; a memorial to H.R.H. the Prince Regent; & strictures on a late pamphlet of the prosecutors' apothecary / by John Watkins, LL.D. ; With thirty original letters, written by the unfortunate girl while in prison; an appendix, and an appropriate dedication.

  • Watkins, John, active 1792-1831.
Date:
1815
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Credit: The important results of an elaborate investigation into the mysterious case of Elizabeth Fenning: being a detail of extraordinary facts discovered since her execution, including the official report of her singular trial, now first published, and copious notes thereon. : Also, numerous authentic documents; an argument on her case; a memorial to H.R.H. the Prince Regent; & strictures on a late pamphlet of the prosecutors' apothecary / by John Watkins, LL.D. ; With thirty original letters, written by the unfortunate girl while in prison; an appendix, and an appropriate dedication. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    St. Finbarry’s Church, by the Rev. Mr. Thompson. In 1790 he sailed with the regiment from the Cove of Cork for Barbadoes, and from thence to the Island of Dominica, where their daughter, ELIZABETH FENNING*, the subject of the present publication, was born on the 10th of June, 1793. She was christened at Rousseau, in that island, by the Rev. Mr. Margahet, the Protestant Mi- nister; where, at about a year and a half old, in the middle of the night, whilst her mother was sleeping, she pulled the rushlight from the bedside, which setting fire to herself and the bedclothes, awakened the poor woman just time enough to save herself and her daughter from the misfortune that threatened them t. In 1796, or 1797, William Fenning came home with the regiment ta Portsmouth. The skeleton that arrived consisted of about fifty, including officers, subalterns, and privates. Mrs. Fenning was one of seven women who returned to Eng- land, out of one hundred and two women who went out with the regiment. After recruiting in various places in England and Scotland, the regiment was quartered at Dublin, where, in 1802, William Fenning solicited and obtained his discharge with the following Certificates: (Copy.) “ By Lieutenant-Colonel Barky, commanding his Majesty's 1st battalion of the 15th regiment of infantry, whereof General Henry Watson Powell is colonel, These are to certify, that the bearer hereof, WILLIAM FENNING, has served in the afore- said regiment for the space of twenty years and four months, is, for * She has usually been called EHza Fenning; her baptismal name was Elizabeth. t From this incident arose the Report that Eliza Fenning had set fire to her mother’s bed, as she lay in it, with the intention of burning her mother alive. This report has been most gravely used as an instance of her early depravity.