Sir, You have told me, you have received the two last speeches of Captain Thomas Green and Captain John Madder which I sent you. So that you desire to know what the last dying [w]ords of James Simpson gunner to the said ship, which I heard in ... follows. That he did sweax in the in the presence of God, and all these spectators ...ut him, ... [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Last words--Early works to 1800.

Last words.

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet )

Place of Publication:

[Edinburgh : s.n., 1705]

Notes:

"The said ship" = the Worcester.

Simpson was executed with Green and Madder at Edinburgh on April 11, 1705.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T217936.

OCLC:

510600212