Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Benjamin Hance
MSA SC 3520-13737
Lynched in Leonardtown, June 17, 1887

Sources:

"Attempted Outrage."  St. Mary's Beacon, 2 June 1887.

"Hance a Virginian."  St. Mary's Enterprise, 11 June 1887.

"Hance Lynched."  St. Mary's Enterprise, 18 June 1887.

"Ben Hance's Ride to Death."  St. Mary's Beacon, 23 June 1887.

[Editorial].  St. Mary's Beacon, 23 June 1887.

"The Lynching."  St. Mary's Beacon, 23 June 1887.

"The Lynchers."  St. Mary's Enterprise, 25 June 1887.

"The 'Sun' in Error."  St. Mary's Enterprise, 25 June 1887.

"The Lynching."  St. Mary's Enterprise, 2 July 1887.

[Letter to the Editor].  St. Mary's Beacon, 28 July 1887.

"Report of the Grand Jury."  St. Mary's Beacon, 29 September 1887.

[Editorial].  St. Mary's Beacon, 31 October 1887.

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