The Charlestown Convent : its destruction by a mob on the night of August 11, 1834 : with a history of the excitement before the burning and the strange and exaggerated reports relating thereto, the feeling of regret and indignation afterwards, the proceedings of meetings, and expressions of the contemporary press : also, the trials of the rioters, the testimony and the speeches of counsel : with a review of the incidents and sketches and record of the principal actors : and a contemporary appendix.