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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
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 22+ x 31 cm.
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.
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41487).