The last words of Ebenezer Mason : who was executed at Dedham, October 7, 1802; for the murder of William Pitt Allen, his brother in law, on the 18th of May 1802. / Taken from his own mouth a few hours previous to his execution.

Author/creator Mason, Ebenezer
Other author Mann, Herman, 1771-1833.
Other author Doggett, Samuel, 1751-1831.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed for the purchasers, and sold by all travelling traders, in town and country, [1802]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 2606. ^A575643
General noteIn the introduction, which, in other editions, is signed by H. Mann, Mason is described as an "unfortunate man" with an intellectual system "insufficient to constitute him a moral agent, and consequently that he is not ameanable for, or ought not to answer with his life for the perpetration of the crime." Herman Mann, a Dedham printer, extracted Mason's last words through a series of questions laid, by him, before the condemned man during several visits in the days and hours before his execution.
General noteSigned: Attest, Samuel Doggett, D. gaoler.
General noteText printed in four columns within mourning border.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 2606
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 2606).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formConvicts' addresses.

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