The confession of John Battus : a mulatto, aged 19 years and 7 months;--who was executed at Dedham, November 8, 1804, for the crimes of a most cruel rape and murder on the body of Salome Talbott, of Canton, in the 14th year of her age. : To which is added his writings, during his imprisonment

The confession of John Battus : a mulatto, aged 19 years and 7 months;--who was executed at Dedham, November 8, 1804, for the crimes of a most cruel rape and murder on the body of Salome Talbott, of Canton, in the 14th year of her age. : To which is added his writings, during his imprisonment.

Author/creator	Battus, John, 1785-1804
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Dedham, Mass.] : [Printed by Herman Mann], [1804]
Description	39 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 18 cm
Supplemental Content	Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Talbott, Salome, 1791-1804. Crime--Massachusetts --Canton. Rape--Massachusetts --Canton. Murder--Massachusetts --Canton. Executions and executioners--Massachusetts --Dedham. Last words.

Series	Early American imprints. Second series no. 5820. ^A575643
General note	The confession, dated "Dedham Jail, Nov. 7, 1804," is signed on p. 14: John Battus. Attest, Samuel Doggett, dep. jailor.
General note	Herman Mann was the only printer active at Dedham at this time. A broadside edition of the confession (not in Shaw & Shoemaker) has also been ascribed to the press of Herman Mann.
General note	Last page blank.
General note	"Reflections," p. [2]-3, signed: The editor. Dedham, Nov. 7--1804.
General note	"The writings of John Battus, on the melancholly subject, for which he was confined in prison at Dedham, July 7, and executed, November 8, 1804. Corrected and published at his special request, by the editor of his 'Confession.'"--p. [15]-34.
References	Shaw & Shoemaker 5820
References	McDade, T.M. Murder, 72
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 5820).
Genre/form	Convicts' addresses.
Genre/form	Poems 1804.
Genre/form	Prayers.

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