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Subject:	Re: New Blog Entry - Virginia Christian
From:	Anthony Santoro <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:15:04 +0200
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Quite right -- I misread that in the initial posting.

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Roger Christman <
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> Prior to 1908 executions in the Commonwealth of Virginia were carried out
> by
> localities, in localities.  In 1908 the General Assembly transferred that
> authority from localities to the Commonwealth of Virginia and centralized
> executions at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond.
>
> My post did not claim Virginia Christian was the first woman executed IN
> Virginia; I stated that she was the first person executed BY the
> Commonwealth of Virginia.
>
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