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.

Running title Trial and confession of Albert W. Hicks
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: some bleed-through of text.
General noteTrial 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 noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 31709.
References RLIN, CTRG04-B565
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other titleTrial and confession of Albert W. Hicks.

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