Title: 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
First published: 1777
Subjects: Criminals, Biography, Arson, Case studies
Places: England, Portsmouth (Hampshire)
People: James Aitken (1752-1777)
LC classification: HV6248.A36 A35 1777