The execution hymn, composed on Levi Ames : who is to be executed for burglary, this day, the 21st of October, 1773, which was sung to him and a considerable audience, assembled at the prison, on Tuesday evening, the 19th of October, and, at the desire of the prisoner, will be sung at the place of execution, this day. : To which is annexed, The Christian exercises and dying soliloquy, or the comfortable hope and wonderful conversion of Levi Ames ... / By Elhanan Winchester, of Rehoboth, author of the execution hymn.

Author/creator Winchester, Elhanan
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Boston] : Sold by E. Russell, next the cornfield, Union-Street, [1773]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 42544. ^A478749
General noteThe execution hymn; first line: Come, see the pow'r of Christ, the King.
General noteThe Christian exercises and dying soliloquy; first lines: Hearken, good people, and attend the counsel of a dying friend.
General noteRelief cut of an execution at head (Reilly 1180). Hymn in two columns on top half of sheet; the Christian exercises, in verse, in three columns below hymn.
References Bristol B3678
References Shipton & Mooney 42544
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. 42544).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1773.
Genre/formHymns.

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