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The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit. : A young woman aged near twenty-seven years, executed at Boston September 27th. 1733. according to the sentence pass'd upon her at the Superiour Court holden there for the county of Suffolk, in August last, being then found guilty of felony, in concealing the birth of her spurious male infant, of which she was delivered when alone the eighth day of May last, and was afterwards found dead, as will more fully appear by the following declaration, which was carefully taken from her own mouth.
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 3639 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chamblit, Rebekah, approximately 1706-1733, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3639.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chamblit, Rebekah, approximately 1706-1733.
- Chamblit, Rebekah.
- Infanticide--Massachusetts.
- Infanticide.
- Murder--Massachusetts.
- Murder.
- Crime--Massachusetts.
- Crime.
- Executions and executioners--Massachusetts--Boston.
- Executions and executioners.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))
- Place of Publication:
- Boston: : Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queen-Street., [1733]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "Sign'd and acknowleg'd in the presence of divers witnesses, with a desire that it may be publish'd to the world, and read at the place of execution. Rebekah Chamblit. September 26th. 1733."
- Advertised in the Boston weekly news-letter of September 27, 1733: This afternoon will be published, The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit ...
- Text in three columns surrounded by mourning border; printed area measures 37.2 x 27.5 cm.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 3639).
- Cited in:
- Evans 3639
- Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 623
- McDade, T.M. Murder, 167
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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