Record 627/911 Catalog Record Search Image 1 of 2 Description  Postcard of Whipping Post. The Plain (Large Common), Amherst, NH. Black & white, no border, standard size, divided back. Published by: C. F. Woolett & Son, Amherst, N. H. No postmark. Front caption: "The Whipping Post from the Old Colonial Jail, Amherst, N. H." Verso caption: "The unlucky prisoner was fastened to this post during the trial and if found guilty was immediately flogged. Probably the only one now in existence in New England." Writing on back: None.

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