To the very respectable and humane citizens of New-York : ... Fellow-citizens, At a time when we are all uniting the most strenuous efforts in defence of our just rights and privileges, and bravely opposing the hateful hand of oppression, let us not disgrace the great and glorious cause of American freedom, by turning oppressors and persecutors ourselves

To the very respectable and humane citizens of New-York : ... Fellow-citizens, At a time when we are all uniting the most strenuous efforts in defence of our just rights and privileges, and bravely opposing the hateful hand of oppression, let us not disgrace the great and glorious cause of American freedom, by turning oppressors and persecutors ourselves.

Author/creator	Benevolus
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Poughkeepsie, N.Y.?] : [Printed by John Holt], [1778?]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 16 x 19 cm
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Capital punishment--New York (State)

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13144. ^A478749
General note	Opposing capital punishment in the case of "two unhappy men who now throw themselves on your mercy," based on the Christian directive to "let him that is without sin throw the first stone."
General note	Signed: Benevolus.
General note	Evans supplies imprint "[New York: Printed by John Holt, 1774]" and the American Antiquarian Society copy is annotated "Printed by John Holt."
General note	Documentation has been located for only one capital case involving two defendants in New York during the American Revolution, suggesting that the "two unhappy men" were John Macintyre and James M'Dowal, who were arrested on Aug. 21, 1778, convicted of robbing Macintyre's master Hugh Warden, and sentenced to death. See Warden, H. Whereas since the confinement of John Macintyre, 1778 (Evans 15874). John Holt's press was located at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1778.
General note	Printed area measures 13.8 x 14.3 cm.
References	Evans 13144
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13144).
Genre/form	Broadsides.

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