Hardback. A facsimile of the original, published in 1895 by John Murphy & Co. Mary E. Surratt was the first woman tried and executed by the United States, for complicity in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Contents include : Part I The Murder; Part II The Vindication + Conclusion, which declares 'The execution of Mary E. Surratt is the foulest blot on the history of the United States of America.....' 259pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.