Lamentation of Peter Henderson : late letter stamper in the General Post Office, Edinburgh, and who is to be executed here on Wednesday the 16th July, 1828, for abstracting money from and destroying the letters.
Henderson, Peter,Letter Stamper in the General Post Office, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh : - Printed for William Henry,
[1828]
First line reads: O all who hear of my sad state.
Henderson was not executed, he was reprieved on the 7th July, 1828.
In two columns.
Price one penny.
Ballads, English
Executions and executioners
Postal service
Prisoners
Theft
Scotland Edinburgh.