The prayer and plea of David, to be delivered from blood-guiltiness : improved in a sermon at the ancient Thursday-lecture in Boston, May 16th 1751. Before the execution of a young Negro servant, for poisoning an infant. By Mr. Byles. [Four lines from Psalms].

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Byles, Mather, 1707-1788.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• African American criminals--Early works to 1800.
• Infanticide--Massachusetts--Boston--Early works to 1800.
• Executions and executioners--Massachusetts--Boston.
• Executions and executioners.
• Infanticide.
• African American criminals.
• Massachusetts--Boston.

Physical Description:

20 pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Boston : Printed and sold by Samuel Kneeland, opposite the prison in Queen-Street, 1751.

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• Half-title: Mr. Byles's sermon before the execution of a murderer.
• Running title: David's prayer and plea to be delivered from blood-guiltiness.
• Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
• Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

• Evans, 6647
• English Short Title Catalog, W28945.

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