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A Poem, occasioned by the most shocking and cruel murder that ever was represented on the stage; or the most deliberate murder that ever was perpetrated in human life : [One line of quotation].

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Publication Info[Boston] : Sold [by Ezekiel Russell] near Liberty-Stump and next the Swan-Tavern, South-End. (Price 6 coppers single.)--The sermon refer'd to above will be immediately printed as soon as it comes to hand, [1782 or 1783]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44246. ^A478749
General noteVerse in eight numbered stanzas; first line: A bloody scene I'll now relate.
General noteFollowed by an account from the Connecticut courant of Dec. 17, 1782, of the murder by William Beadle of his wife, children, and himself. Beadle's deistical opinions are given as the underlying cause of the tragedy.
General noteEzekiel Russell printed at the Boston address given in the imprint at this time. Incorrectly ascribed to the Hartford press of Bavil Webster by Bristol.
General noteText of the poem in two columns within mourning borders; text of the news account in three columns within mourning borders.
References Bristol B5571
References Shipton & Mooney 44246
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. 44246).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1782.

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