| Series |
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44964
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44964. ^A478749
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| General note | Verse, in thirty-four numbered stanzas, concerning Elizabeth Wilson, who was executed at Chester, Pa., on January 3, 1786, as an accessory to the murder of her twin infants. Cf. A faithful narrative of Elizabeth Wilson (Evans 19635-19639). |
| General note | The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is badly mutilated; title from surviving portions of title and first lines of text. |
| General note | Text in three columns. The lower half of the second column contains the note that "the publisher hereof proposes ... to insert in number four of his American bloody register, the whole of this shocking and tragical affair ..." and includes an advertisement for the Register. Ezekiel Russell, of Boston, printed and sold the first issue of the American bloody register in 1784 (Evans 18324), but no further numbers have been located. |
| General note | Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides. |
| References |
Bristol B6364 |
| References |
Shipton & Mooney 44964 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44964). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
| Genre/form | Prospectuses. |
| Other title | Fair daughters of America, and eke of Britain's isle. |
