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A poem, on the execution of William Shaw, at Springfield, December 13th 1770, for the murder of Edward East, in Springfield goal.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carpenter, William, active 1770
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Hartford?] : [publisher not identified], [1771]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 12200.
Subjects:
Shaw, William, > -1770.
East, Edward, > -1770.
Crime > Massachusetts > Springfield.
Murder > Massachusetts > Springfield.
Executions and executioners > Massachusetts > Springfield.
Springfield (Mass.) > History.
Broadsides.
Poems > 1771.
Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:Verse in two parts; first line: You minds of melancholy strain.
Signed: William Carpenter.
Imprint supplied by Shipton & Mooney. Evans supplies Boston as place of publication. Ford confuses this edition with that advertised in the Essex gazette (Bristol B3332).
Text in two columns. Another edition (Bristol B3332) has "A poem" set in italic.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Connecticut -- Hartford.
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.