A Poem occasioned by the untimely death of Hugh Henderson, alias John Hamilton : who was hangd [sic] at Worcester for house-breaking. Nov. 24. 1737. : [Two lines from Sir J. Denham].

Other author Parkman, Ebenezer, 1703-1782.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold [by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green] at the printing house in Queen Street over against the prison, 1737]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 33 x 42 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 4144. ^A478749
General noteVerse of 139 lines; first line: How fatal is the sinner's path
General noteFollowed by: The confession and dying warning of Hugh Henderson, who was executed at Worcester, in the county of Worcester, Nov. 26 [i.e., 24]. 1737. Signed: Hugh Henderson. Sign'd with his mark. A true copy examin'd, per Ebr. Parkman.
General noteSamuel Kneeland and Timothy Green operated the printing house in Queen Street, Boston, in 1737.
General noteText in four columns; printed area measures 31.6 x 37.4 cm. First two columns, on left half of sheet, include the poem with relief cut of a hanging (Reilly 1175) at right of title. Third and fourth columns, on right half of sheet, contain Henderson's confession and imprint at foot. Two halves of sheet possibly intended to be separated.
References Evans 4144
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 679
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 201
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. 4144).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1737.

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