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Confessions and execution of the pirates, Gibbs & Wansley on Ellis' Island, in the harbour of New-York, on the 22d April, 1831, under the direction of Thos. Morris, Esq. U. States Marshal.--An interesting account of their lives will be found within, but the individual crime which brought them to the gallows, was the murder of the captain and mate of the brig Vineyard, at sea, bound from New-Orleans, to New-York
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- Interesting and correct account of the execution of the pirates
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- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
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- English
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- New-York : Printed and sold by C. Brown, [1831]
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- 1 online resource (32 p., in various pagings : ill., ports.)
- A composite of several titles first published separately.
- Title-vignette.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 101243.
- An interesting and correct account of the execution of the pirates -- Lines, composed and written by Thomas J. Wansley, in Belleview Prison, New-York, a few days previous to his execution,--April 22, 1831 -- Scene of a horrid murder [relief cut] -- Confessions of Charles Gibbs the pirate. Who was executed on the 22d of April, 1831 -- A visit to the condemned criminals, Gibbs and Wansley. By a layman -- The aspirations of a contrite sinner before death
Subjects
- Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831.
- Wansley, Thomas J., -1831.
- Thornby, William, -1830.
- Roberts, William, -1830.
- Vineyard (Ship)
- Pirates -- United States.
- Brigands and robbers -- United States.
- Murder -- Atlantic Ocean.
- Executions and executioners -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Sin -- Poetry.
- Repentance -- Poetry.
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