The last words, and dying speech of Elisha Thomas
Subtitle: who was executed at Dover, on the 3d June, 1788,---for the murder of Captain Peter Drowne.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 45373.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1788
Place of publication: [Portsmouth, N.H.?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Drowne, Peter, -- d. 1788; Executions and executioners -- New Hampshire -- Dover; Crime -- New Hampshire -- Durham; Murder -- New Hampshire -- Durham
Notes: Signed and dated: Elisha Thomas. Dover Prison, June 3, 1788.

Text in three columns with a relief cut of a hanging at head. Followed by an untitled poem in sixteen stanzas, also printed in three columns, described as "thoughts [which] were taken from Mr. Elisha Thomas, not long before his execution ... as to his past life and conduct." First line: Ye gazing crouds [sic] that gather round my woe.

Although included in Ford, W.C. Broadsides, other printed accounts of Thomas' life and execution include or have been supplied with a Portsmouth, N.H., imprint. Cf. Evans 21545, Bristol B6818, and Winslow. American broadside verse, New Haven, 1930, p. 108-109.

Printed area, including mourning borders, measures 40.3 x 30.6 cm.

Bristol B6817.

Shipton & Mooney 45373.

Ford, W.C.  Broadsides, 2523.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45373)