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
Subjects: Executions and executioners; Crime; Murder
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