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Hanging Ruth Blay: An Eighteenth-Century New Hampshire Tragedy (True Crime) Geography Materials Jimmy is sure that hisThe full account of the 18th century hanging of a school teacher is detailed in detailed in Carolyn Marvin's dramatic tale. On a cold December morning in 1768, thirty one year old Ruth Blay approached the gallows erected for her execution. Standing on the high ground in the northwest corner of what is now Portsmouth's old South Cemetery, she would have had a clear view across the pasture to the harbor and open sea. The eighteenth century hanging of a