Confessions and execution of the pirates, Gibbs & Wansley : on Ellis' Island, in the harbour of New-York, on the 22d April, 1831, under the direction of Thos. Morris, Esq. U. States Marshal.--An interesting account of their lives will be found within, but the individual crime which brought them to the gallows, was the murder of the captain and mate of the brig Vineyard, at sea, bound from New-Orleans, to New-York

Confessions and execution of the pirates, Gibbs & Wansley : on Ellis' Island, in the harbour of New-York, on the 22d April, 1831, under the direction of Thos. Morris, Esq. U. States Marshal.--An interesting account of their lives will be found within, but the individual crime which brought them to the gallows, was the murder of the captain and mate of the brig Vineyard, at sea, bound from New-Orleans, to New-York.

Author/creator	Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831
Other author/creator	Brown, Christian, 1780?-1840.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New-York : Printed and sold by C. Brown, [1831]
Description	32 p., in various pagings : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831. Wansley, Thomas J., d. 1831. Thornby, William, d. 1830. Roberts, William, d. 1830. Vineyard (Ship) Pirates--United States. Brigands and robbers--United States. Murder--Atlantic Ocean. Executions and executioners--New York (State) --New York. Sin--Poetry. Repentance--Poetry. Last words.

Variant title	Confessions and execution of the pirates, Gibbs and Wansley
Caption title	Interesting and correct account of the execution of the pirates
Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents	An interesting and correct account of the execution of the pirates -- Lines, composed and written by Thomas J. Wansley, in Belleview Prison, New-York, a few days previous to his execution,--April 22, 1831 -- Scene of a horrid murder [relief cut] -- Confessions of Charles Gibbs the pirate. Who was executed on the 22d of April, 1831 -- A visit to the condemned criminals, Gibbs and Wansley. By a layman -- The aspirations of a contrite sinner before death.
Local note	Early Republic.
Local note	2012AH50000.
Local note	Early Republic.
Local note	2012AH50000.
General note	A composite of several titles first published separately.
General note	Title-vignette.
General note	Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General note	Sabin no. 101243.

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