The last words of William Huggins and John Mansfield : who are to be executed this day, June 19th, 1783, at Worcester, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, for burglary, committed in October last.
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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: | Text, in five columns separated by heavy black rules, includes an autobiographical affidavit by each man, and a joint statement signed and dated: William Huggins. John Mansfield. Worcester-goal, June 18, 1783. At foot, also in five columns, are seventy-two lines of verse, entitled: Mansfield's soliloquy! Or an elegy on the execution of Huggins and Mansfield for burglary. "Having given the foregoing accounts of our lives ... we would here observe ... the sir-names [sic] 'Huggins' and 'Mansfield' are only names we took to ourselves to prevent our real ones from being known."--fourth column. Isaiah Thomas was the only printer active at Worcester, Mass., in 1783. Relief cut of a double hanging at head. Printed area, including mourning border, measures 49.9 x 41.4 cm. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 57 x 49 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Worcester. |