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ree; met at Barthol{n}. me Bill & Jack Hutton went to B. Lyon got 1 adt. got up at four in the morning Tuesday, Butler Bill & me brought the above to St Thos'. DECEMBER, 1812. _Tuesday 1st._ Met at Tottenham Court Road had a dispute in St. Ts Crib. Came home did not do anything. came to the Rockingham Arms, got Drunk _Wednesday 2nd._ Met at Vickers rectify{d}. our last account, the party sent out me & Ben to St Thos. C{b}. got 1 adt., Bill & Jack Guys Crib 2 adt but one of them opd. Butler look out for us, took them to St. Thos. came home Met at St Thos., me & Jack went to Tott{m}. got 4 adts Ben & Bill got ad/6 s/1 f/1. at Pancrass took Totten{m} to Wilson, Pan{s}. to Barthol.[89] _Thursday 3rd._ Met at Wind{ll}. St. disposed of 2 of the above to Wilson, went to Barthol{w}. came home for the night. _Friday 4th._ Met at Vickers pack{d}. up one for Shute, afterwards went to St Thos. got 6 adt. took them to Barth{m}. left Ben & Jack Hutton to pack up for Edinbro, afterwards Jack me & Bill went to Tott{m}. got 3 adt. took them to Barthol{m}. _Saturday 5th._ Remain'd at Barth{m}. packing up for Edinboro, sent 12 to the wharf for the above place, at home all night. _The following list contains some of the chief sources of information on the history of the Resurrectionists._ SMITH, SOUTHWOOD. "Use of the Dead to the Living." _Westminster Review_, ii., 1824, p. 59. This was afterwards reprinted as a pamphlet. One of the editions was issued with the title of _Body-snatching_. MACKENZIE, W. _An Appeal to the Public and to the Legislature, on the necessity of affording dead bodies to the Schools of Anatomy by legislative enactment_. 8vo. Glasgow, 1824. GREEN, JOSEPH HENRY. _A letter to Sir Astley Cooper, on certain proceedings connected with the establishment of an Anatomical Surgical School at Guy's Hospital_. 8vo. London, 1825. "On the Pleasures of Body-snatching." _Monthly Mag._, iii., 1827, p. 355. _Report from the Select Committee [House of Commons] on Anatomy_. Fol., London, 1828. This is, perhaps, the best source of information respecting the Resurrectionists. Many important documents are printed in this volume, in addition to the evidence and the report. "Importance of Dissection in Anatomy." _Westminster Review_, x., 1828, p. 116. _An Address to the members of both Houses of Parliament, on the legislative measures necessary for providing an adequate supply of huma
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