| LC control no. | 24018487 |
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| Type of material | Book |
| Main title | A select and impartial account of the lives, behaviour, and dying words, of the most remarkable convicts, from the year 1700, down to the present time : containing among other things the following ... |
| Published/Created | London : Printed by J. Applebee for J. Hodges ... and sold also by C. Corbett ..., MDCCLX [1760] |
| Description | 2 v. ; ill. ; 17 cm. (12mo) |
| Invalid LCCN | unk83002219 |
| Contents | (from t.p.) viz. Herdman Strodman for the barbarous murder of Peter Wolter, his fellow-apprentice -- Thomas Cook, the Gloucester butcher, for the murder of Mr. John Cooper, a constable in the May Fair -- John Morgridge, for the murder of Lieut. Cope, at the Tower -- Mr. Gregg, clerk to the late Secretary Harley, Earl of Oxford, for holding correspondence with Her Majesty's enemies -- Richard Town, tallow-chandler, the only person who was executed on the Bankrupt Act -- Col. Oxburgh, Richard Gascoignes, Esq., Justice Hall, and Parson Paul, for high-treason -- Marquis de Paleotti, for stabbing his servant -- Lieutenant Bird, for the murder of Sam. Loxton, at a bagnio -- Mattias Brinsden, for the murder of his wife -- Capt. John Massey, for piracy -- Capt. John Stanley, for the murder of Mrs. Maycock -- Jonathan Wild, the thief-take for several felonies. |
| Notes | Vol. 2 has imprint date: MDCCXL [1740]. Vol. 1: vi, [6], 336 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: 360, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. LC copy incomplete: v. 1 only. DLC Vol. 1 has bookplate of "The Honourable Charles Hope Weir of Craigie Hall & Blackwood, Esqr." DLC |
| Additional formats | Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. |
| Subjects | Criminals--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
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| LC classification | HV6245 .S38 1760 |
| LC copy | HV6245 .S38 1760 Copy 2 Variant frontispiece plate in v. 1. |
| Geographic area code | e-uk--- |
| Links | Vol. 1, PDF: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llds.00209111706.2> Vol. 1, Page view: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llds.00209111706.1> Vol. 2, PDF: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llds.0020911169A.2> Vol. 2, Page view: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llds.0020911169A.1> |
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