A narrative of the life, together with the last speech, confession and solemn declaration, of John Lewis : who was executed at Chester, on Saturday the 21st of September, 1760, for the most inhuman, barbarous and bloody murder of his wife; which unnatural deed he committed on Friday the 27th of June, preceding. : With his letter to Mr. Raine, the sub-sheriff of Chester, concerning the publication of the following narrative: and a penitential prayer which he composed just before his execution. : [Two lines from Shekspear ].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, John, 1727-1760, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 9157.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, Ann, -1760.

Lewis, Ann.

Executions and executioners--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Executions and executioners.

Murder--Pennsylvania--Vincent.

Murder.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania--Chester.

Genre:

Prayers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages, 1 unnumbered page)

Contained In:

[Unknown host].

Place of Publication:

New-Haven: : Re-printed by James Parker and Company, at the Post-Office, 1762.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Issued with: Garden, Alexander. A brief account of the deluded Dutartres ... New-Haven : James Parker and Company, 1762 (Evans 9120); and: Ross, Robert. A plain address to the Quakers, Moravians ... New Haven : James Parker and Company, [1762] (Evans 9261).

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 9157).

Cited in:

Evans 9157

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 997

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