The last words, and dying speech of Elisha Thomas : who was executed at Dover, on the 3d June, 1788,---for the murder of Captain Peter Drowne.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Portsmouth, N.H.] :
[publisher not identified],
[1788]
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| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 45373. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Signed and dated: Elisha Thomas. Dover Prison, June 3, 1788. Text in three columns with a relief cut of a hanging at head. Followed by an untitled poem in sixteen stanzas, also printed in three columns, described as "thoughts [which] were taken from Mr. Elisha Thomas, not long before his execution ... as to his past life and conduct." First line: Ye gazing crouds [sic] that gather round my woe. Although included in Ford, W.C. Broadsides, other printed accounts of Thomas' life and execution include or have been supplied with a Portsmouth, N.H., imprint. Cf. Evans 21545, Bristol B6818, and Winslow. American broadside verse, New Haven, 1930, pages 108-109. Printed area, including mourning borders, measures 40.3 x 30.6 cm. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 44 x 35 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth. |