Peabody Historical Society Lecture: Author Andrew Noone presents “Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy”
Date and Time
Sunday Feb 23, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Sunday, February 23, 2025, 2pm
Location
Smith Barn, 38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA 01960 Handicap accessible.
Fees/Admission
Members free | Non-members $5.00 | All proceeds go directly to the maintenance of our non-profit owned historic houses and collections.
Contact Information
978.531.0805
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Description
What possessed a woman from the elite of eighteenth-century New England society to conspire with American and British soldiers to murder her husband at the midpoint of the American Revolution? The story of Bathsheba Spooner has alternately fascinated and baffled residents of Worcester County for centuries. Beyond central Massachusetts, the tale is largely unknown. Many, when first hearing of the scandal, assume it to be the stuff of legend. It was, in fact, the most sensational “true crime” tragedy of the American 1700’s.