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Lives and trial of Gibbs & Wansley : who were executed for piracy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pirates--United States.
- Pirates.
- Brigands and robbers--United States.
- Brigands and robbers.
- Murder--Atlantic Ocean.
- Murder.
- Trials (Murder)--New York (State)--New York.
- Trials (Murder).
- Executions and executioners--New York (State)--New York.
- Executions and executioners.
- Last words.
- Vineyard (Brig).
- Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831.
- Gibbs, Charles.
- Wansley, Thomas J., d. 1831.
- Wansley, Thomas J.
- Thornby, William, d. 1830.
- Thornby, William.
- Roberts, William, d. 1830.
- Roberts, William.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([2], 311-328 p. )
- Other Title:
- Lives and trial of Gibbs & Wansley
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed for the publisher, 1832.
- Notes:
- Charles Gibbs and Thomas J. Wansley were tried and convicted of murdering William Thornby and William Roberts, captain and first mate of the brig Vineyard, in November 1830; they were hanged in New York April 22, 1831.
- The single illustration is on the title page.
- An offprint, with new title page, from St. Clair, Henry. The United States criminal calendar, or An awful warning to the youth of America, Boston: Printed and published by Charles Gaylord, 1832 (Checklist Amer. imprints 14585).
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 101243.
- OCLC:
- 12
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