The last words of William Huggins and John Mansfield : who are to be executed this day, June 19th, 1783, at Worcester, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, for burglary, committed in October last

The last words of William Huggins and John Mansfield : who are to be executed this day, June 19th, 1783, at Worcester, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, for burglary, committed in October last.

Author/creator	Huggins, William, 1759-1783
Other author/creator	Mansfield, John, 1761?-1783.
Included Work	Mansfield, John, 1761?-1783. Mansfield's soliloquy! Or an elegy on the execution of Huggins and Mansfield for burglary.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Worcester, Mass.] : Printed and sold at the printing-office in Worcester [by Isaiah Thomas], [1783]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 57 x 49 cm.
Subject(s)	Executions and executioners--Massachusetts --Worcester. Crime--Massachusetts. Burglary--Massachusetts. Criminals--Massachusetts.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17994 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17994. ^A478749
General note	Text, in five columns separated by heavy black rules, includes an autobiographical affidavit by each man, and a joint statement signed and dated: William Huggins. John Mansfield. Worcester-goal, June 18, 1783.
General note	At foot, also in five columns, are seventy-two lines of verse, entitled: Mansfield's soliloquy! Or an elegy on the execution of Huggins and Mansfield for burglary.
General note	"Having given the foregoing accounts of our lives ... we would here observe ... the sir-names [sic] 'Huggins' and 'Mansfield' are only names we took to ourselves to prevent our real ones from being known."--fourth column.
General note	Isaiah Thomas was the only printer active at Worcester, Mass., in 1783.
General note	Relief cut of a double hanging at head.
General note	Printed area, including mourning border, measures 49.9 x 41.4 cm.
References	Evans 17994
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2360
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17994).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Elegies.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 17994	✔ Available