The confession and dying warning of Hugh Henderson
Subtitle: who was executed at Worcester, in the County of Worcester, Nov. 26. [i.e. 24.] 1737
By: Signed by him in the presence of four of the ministers, the morning of the day of his execution
Contributors: Parkman, Ebenezer, 1703-1782
Series: Early American imprints -- 4144
Publisher: Printed and sold at the printing house in Queen Street over against the prison [by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green].
Published: 1737
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Executions and executioners; Crime; Criminals; Burglary
Other titles: Poem occasioned by the untimely death of Hugh Henderson.
Notes: Printed on recto of first leaf and verso of second leaf. First leaf contains Henderson's Confession, in two columns, signed: "Hugh Henderson. Sign'd with his mark. A true copy examin'd, per Ebr. Parkman." Second leaf contains: "A poem occasioned by the untimely death of Hugh Henderson, alias John Hamilton, who was hangd [sic] at Worcester for house-breaking. November 24. 1737." In two columns, with a woodcut of a hanging (Reilly, no. 1175) at head of second column.

Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green operated the printing house in Queen Street, Boston, in 1737.

Master microform held by: Readex.

Evans 4144.

Ford 679.

Wegelin 201.