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The Cruel murder; or A Mournful poem : occasioned by sentence of death being pass'd upon William Brooks, James Buhannon [sic], Ezra Ross and Bethsheba Spooner, who were tried and found guilty of murdering Mr. Joshua Spooner, of Brookfield, and who are all

Text within mourning border; verse in two columns divided by type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases- with slight loss of text.

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Text within mourning border; verse in two columns divided by type ornament rule. New-York Historical copy damaged along creases- with slight loss of text.
PID
nyhs:242570
NYHS Identifier
Broadsides -- SY1778 no.36
Linked Agent
Publisher: Printed and sold by the gross or dozen\, at N. Coverly's Printing-Office
Member of
Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1763-1783
Genre
broadsides (notices)
poems
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Publisher
Printed and sold by the gross or dozen, at N. Coverly's Printing-Office
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Crime--Massachusetts--Brookfield
Executions and executioners--Massachusetts--Brookfield--Poetry
Murder--Massachusetts--Brookfield
Women murderers--Massachusetts--Brookfield
Subject (Name)
Coverly, Nathaniel, 1744?-1816
Brooks, William, 1751?-1778
Buchanan, James, 1742?-1778
Ross, Ezra, 1761-1778
Spooner, Bathsheba, 1746-1778
Spooner, Joshua
Full Title
The Cruel murder; or A Mournful poem : occasioned by sentence of death being pass'd upon William Brooks James Buhannon [sic] Ezra Ross and Bethsheba Spooner who were tried and found guilty of murdering Mr. Joshua Spooner of Brookfield and who are all ordered to be executed at Worcester on Thursday the 2d day of July next which awful sight God grant may be a warning to all.
Contributor
Coverly, Nathaniel, 1744?-1816
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1778-July-02
Date Issued
1778
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 20 cm
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