The life of James Aitken, commonly called John the Painter, an incendiary, who was tried at the Castle of Winchester, on Thursday the 7th day of March, 1777, and convicted of setting fire to His Majesty's dock-yard, at Portsmouth, exhibiting a detail of facts of the utmost importance to Great Britain
By: the whole faithfully taken down from the convict's own mouth, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, preceding his execution.
Publisher: Printed by J. Wilkes; Sold by S. Crowder, G. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, Pater-Noster-Row, and T. Evans in the Strand
Published: 1777
Place of publication: Winton [i.e. Winchester]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Aitken, James, 1752-1777.; Criminals -- England -- Biography.; Arson -- England -- Portsmouth (Hampshire) -- Case studies.
Notes: Adams, T.R.  Brit. pamphlets, 77-6a
Signatures: A-D⁸.