The life, trial, confession and execution of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate and murderer : executed on Bedloe's Island, New York Bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts on board the oyster sloop E. A. Johnson : containing the history of his life from childhood up to the time of his arrest / (written by himself) ; with a full account of his piracies, murders, mutinies, high-way robberies, etc., comprising the particulars of one hundred murders! ; to which is added the account of his arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution ; also, his phrenological character, as described by L.N. Fowler.
| Author/creator | Hicks, Albert W. |
| Other author | De Angelis, Lorenzo, fl. 1860. |
| Other author | Fowler, L. N. (Lorenzo Niles), 1811-1896. |
| Other author | United States. Circuit Court (New York : Southern District) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : R.M. De Witt, [1860] |
| Description | 84 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Running title | Trial and confession of Albert W. Hicks |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Local note | Library's copy imperfect: some bleed-through of text. |
| General note | Trial in U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, commencing May 18, 1860, for piracy. |
| General note | "The Confession [p. 39-66] was made ... to me and Mr. G.W. Clackner, he writing down the statement ... [with corrections]"--letter to New York times, July 12, 1860, signed: Lorenzo De Angelis. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 31709. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG04-B565 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Other title | Trial and confession of Albert W. Hicks. |
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