An edition of The last words, and dying speech of Elisha Thomas (1788)

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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An edition of The last words, and dying speech of Elisha Thomas (1788)

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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Subjects
Executions and executioners, Murder, Crime
People
Peter Drowne (d. 1788)
Places
New Hampshire, Durham, Dover

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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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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, p. 108-109.

Printed area, including mourning borders, measures 40.3 x 30.6 cm.

Bristol B6817.

Shipton & Mooney 45373.

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2523.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45373)

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Early American imprints -- no. 45373.

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Microform
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1 sheet ([1] p.)

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OL14567830M

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