[AMERICANA]. [QUAKERS]. ROGERS, Horatio. Mary Dyer of Rhode Island. The Quaker Martyr That Was Hanged on Boston Common, June 1, 1600. Providence: Preston and Rounds, 1896. 8vo. 115, [6, ads] pp. Publisher?s full blue cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt (spine and corners bumped, some rubbing to binding, some foxing to edges of text block, skewed). Bookplate of photographer Joseph Y. Jeanes on fp. Fine. FIRST EDITION OF THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF QUAKER MARTYR MARY DYER (one of four ?Boston Martyrs?). Mary had been born a Puritan but eventually converted to Quakerism. As there was a Puritan law preventing Quakers living in the Boston colony, Dyer was in violation of this law. Also, Dyer had given birth to a stillborn child, supposedly horribly disfigured, adding fuel to the fire of her alleged blasphemy. Measurements: 8 x 6 x ??.