Deposition of Abigail Nightingale (2)

Deposition of Abigail Nightingale (2)

Testimony of Abigail Nightingale

Testimony of Abigail Nightingale given in the trial of the death of Sarah Grosvenor. Sarah Grosvenor died in 1742 from an infection that resulted from a surgical abortion administered by Dr. John Hallowell. Abigail Nightingale, Sarah's friend, gave testimony sometime between 1745 and 1747. Nightingale's testimony includes a description of the surgical abortion performed by Dr. Hallowell.

scribe: [unknown]; deponent: Abigail Nightingale

Watkinson Library and Trinity College Archives, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

Nov. 1745 - Mar. 1747

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Pomfret, Connecticut

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