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Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, who was executed at New-Haven, on the 20th day of October, 1790, for a rape, committed on the 26th day of May last. : (The writer of this history has directed that the money arising from the sales thereof, after deducting the expence of printing, &c. be given to the unhappy girl, whose life is rendered wretched by the crime of the malefactor.)
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Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, [microform] : who was executed at New-Haven, on the 20th day of October, 1790, for a rape, committed on the 26th day of May last. : (The writer of this history has directed that the money arising from the sales thereof, after deducting the expence of printing, &c. be given to the unhappy girl, whose life is rendered wretched by the crime of the malefactor.)
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New-Haven: : Printed and sold by T. & S. Green., [1790].
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19, [1] p.
Notes
First-person narrative, prepared by David Daggett (cf. Dexter's Yale graduates) and signed by Mountain. "The writer of the following narrative assures the public, that the facts related were taken from the mouth of the culprit."--note, p. [20], signed: Joseph Peck. Samuel Punderson.
The title page has an ornamental border of skulls and crossbones. Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22441).
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Books / Microforms
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Evans, C. American bibliography, 22441
Trumbull, J.H. List of books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800, 1132
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