The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit : A young woman aged near twenty-seven years, executed at Boston September 27th. 1733. according to the sentence pass'd upon her at the Superiour Court holden there for the county of Suffolk, in August last, being then found guilty of felony, in concealing the birth of her spurious male infant, of which she was delivered when alone the eighth day of May last, and was afterwards found dead, as will more fully appear by the following declaration, which was carefully taken from her own mouth.

Author/creator Chamblit, Rebekah
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queen-Street, [1733]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 40 x 31 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 3639. ^A478749
General note"Sign'd and acknowleg'd in the presence of divers witnesses, with a desire that it may be publish'd to the world, and read at the place of execution. Rebekah Chamblit. September 26th. 1733."
General noteAdvertised in the Boston weekly news-letter of September 27, 1733: This afternoon will be published, The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit ...
General noteText in three columns surrounded by mourning border; printed area measures 37.2 x 27.5 cm.
References Evans 3639
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 623
References McDade, T.M. Murder, 167
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3639).
Genre/formBroadsides.

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