A letter from Scotland, to a friend in London
Subtitle: containing a particular narrative of the whole proceedings against the Worcester and her crew, from her first arrival in Leith-Road, to the 20th of April 1705. In which the secret intrigues, and bloody designs of their prosecutors are detected and expos'd. Also an account of the sudden death of the principal evidence the day sentence was past; the prisoners behaviour after condemnation, and their manner of execution; with observations and reflections upon the whole. Publish'd by way of requital, for the many scandalous relations and reflections publish'd in the Flying-Post..
Contributors: White, Henry, 1761-1836
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1705
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Trials (Piracy); Trials (Murder); Executions and executioners
Notes: At one time attributed to Daniel Defoe by Moore who came to doubt the attribution.

Thomas Green and John Madder, respectively captain and first mate of the Worcester, were executed for piracy and murder on April 11, 1705.

Signatures: A-D⁴ (A1 verso blank).

Moore, J.R. Checklist of the writings of Daniel Defoe (2nd ed.), 101

Scott, J. Bibliography of printed documents and books relating to the Darien company, 182

Hanson, L. Contemporary printed sources for British and Irish economic history, 1701-1750, 509

English short title catalogue, T56926

Purchase; 1921; 13020.