I am now to finish a life, which, long since, by the equitable laws of my country, I justly forfeited : ... May all ... take warning by the awful spectacle which this body of mine will exhibit, when suspended in the place destined for its suffering. ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Confession and dying warning of John Shearman, who was apprehended in Boston, and executed, for burglary, at Newport, R.I., on November 16, 1764. Signed: John Shearman. The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is a fragment, lacking the top half of the sheet. Title from extant text. Cf. Bristol B2515 for a similar broadside, printed at Boston by Richard and Samuel Draper. Text in three columns. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 22+ x 31 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |