Elegy on the death of the late executioner.
[Glasgow] : Printed for the proprietor by T. Duncan,
[1813]
Dated from internal evidence - on the death of Archey McArthur in 1813. McArthur was appointed executioner for Glasgow in 1803 and held this position until his death, in 1813, from consumption.
First lines read: Ah! fatal Death what brought you hither, / To slay poor Archey in a fever, / An' leave the finishers altogether, / To mourn with pain, / Thinking they will never get a brither / Like him again.
In two columns.
McArthur, Archey -1813
Executions and executioners
Scotland Glasgow.