| Description Of Item | A press cutting about Annie Douglas, a power-loom weaver from Dundee, who threw sulphuric acid on James Main. The article details the circumstances that led to the crime and includes the letter James Main wrote to Annie Douglas, in which he rejected her after he promised to marry her and had sex with her. The letter was written on 11 October 1867 in Dundee. The article concludes with Annie Douglas being sentenced in court. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |