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.
by Elisha Thomas
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Executions and executioners, Murder, CrimePeople
Peter Drowne (d. 1788)Places
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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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