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. ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shearman, John, -1764
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 41487.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
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.
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.