A brief narrative of the life and confession of Barnett Davenport.
Subtitle: Under sentence of death, for a series of the most horrid murders, ever perpetated in this country, or perhaps any other, on the evening following the 3d of February, 1780. Is to be executed at Litchfield, on the 8th of May
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 16756
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1780
Place of publication: [Hartford?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Murder -- Connecticut -- Washington; Crime -- Connecticut; Executions and executioners -- Connecticut -- Litchfield
Notes: "The narrative is penned from the criminal's mouth, though not always exactly in his own words. Some moral reflections are interspersed."--Preface, p. [3]

Signed on p. 14: Barnett Davenport. Litchfield gaol, this 29th of April, Anno Domini, 1780

Evans suggests Hartford as place of printing

Evans 16756

Trumbull, J.H.  Connecticut, 558

McDade, T.M.  Murder, 242

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16756)