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8vo. pp. 88. photo portrait of Whelan mounted on verso of title. original printed wrs. (rear wr. wanting, front wr. detached, badly chipped at edges & with tear down centre which means the portrait is split in half as well, there are a few old crude paper repairs to the tears but there is no loss, some chipping to the edges of the outer leaves, spine taped). First Edition. Scarce. Whelan, an Irish immigrant, was charged with the assassination of McGee on the morning of April 7, 1868, found guilty, and publicly hanged in Ottawa on Feb. 11, 1869. Although the murder was generally believed to be part of a Fenian conspiracy, the crown never accused Whelan, and charges against other alleged members of the conspiracy were dismissed. Casey I 3543.