A Mournful poem on the death of John Ormsby and Matthew Cushing : who were appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734

A Mournful poem on the death of John Ormsby and Matthew Cushing : who were appointed to be executed on Boston Neck, the 17th of October, 1734.

Other author/creator	Fleet, Thomas, 1685-1758, printer.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Boston] : Sold at the Heart and Crown in Boston [by Thomas Fleet], [1734]
Description	1 sheet : illustrations (relief cut) ; ?⁰.
Supplemental Content	Full text online
Subject(s)	Cushing, Matthew, 1712-1734. Ormsby, John, -1734. Burglary--Massachusetts --Boston. Murder--Massachusetts --Boston. Crime--Massachusetts --Boston. Executions and executioners--Massachusetts --Boston.

General note	Verse of seventy lines; first line: You sinners all, both young and old. Followed by epitaphs on John Ormesby and Matthew Cushing.
General note	Thomas Fleet (1685-1758) printed at the Heart and Crown from 1731 to 1758.
General note	Text in two columns; woodcut of a hanging (Reilly 1179) beneath title.
General note	Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References	Bristol, B935
References	Shipton & Mooney, 40054
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 653
References	Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 648
References	English Short Title Catalog, W26284.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/form	Single sheet verse.
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Poems 1734.
Genre/form	Epitaphs.

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