Mothers Drown Infants (1866)
Two negro infants were discovered drowned in a branch on the farm of Col. Andrew J. POLK, in Maury county, on Monday last. They had been thrown there by their mothers, who, gave as a reason their inability to support them.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 26 May 1866, Page 4. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.