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Lamentation of Samuel Wright : who was executed on Tuesday, January, 12th, 1864, at Horsemonger Lane, gaol, for the murder of Eliza Green, on Sunday, December 12th

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Title
Lamentation of Samuel Wright : who was executed on Tuesday, January, 12th, 1864, at Horsemonger Lane, gaol, for the murder of Eliza Green, on Sunday, December 12th
Date
1864  
Publication Place
London (England)
Description
  • Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
  • No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
  • Verse begins: Oh, friends, I pray, you'll give attention.
  • Account of the crime and trial in two columns of verse surrounded by ornamental border.
  • Date of publication conjectured from date of trial.
  • Caption title.
  • "Taylor, printer, Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London."
  • Likely published 1864.
  • Likely published in London (England).
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.)
Dimensions
25 x 20 cm
Language
English
Topical Subject
  • Executions and executioners  
  • Murder  
  • Green, Eliza, d. 1863  
  • Wright, Samuel, d. 1864  
Geographic Subject
England  
Genre Subject
Poetry  
Associated Entities
Wright, Samuel, d. 1864
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier
99566257612205899
Collection
Digital Rare Book Collection
TitleLamentation of Samuel Wright : who was executed on Tuesday, January, 12th, 1864, at Horsemonger Lane, gaol, for the murder of Eliza Green, on Sunday, December 12th
Date1864  
Publication PlaceLondon (England)
Description
  • Acquisition made accessible thanks to the generous support of the Frederick J. and Margret L. Worden Endowment.
  • No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
  • Verse begins: Oh, friends, I pray, you'll give attention.
  • Account of the crime and trial in two columns of verse surrounded by ornamental border.
  • Date of publication conjectured from date of trial.
  • Caption title.
  • "Taylor, printer, Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London."
  • Likely published 1864.
  • Likely published in London (England).
Extent1 sheet ([1] p.)
Dimensions25 x 20 cm
LanguageEnglish
Topical Subject
  • Executions and executioners  
  • Murder  
  • Green, Eliza, d. 1863  
  • Wright, Samuel, d. 1864  
Geographic SubjectEngland  
Genre SubjectPoetry  
Associated EntitiesWright, Samuel, d. 1864
Collection TitleDigital Rare Book Collection
Sub-CollectionProject Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Bibliographic Identifier99566257612205899
CollectionDigital Rare Book Collection

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