The execution hymn, composed on Levi Ames : who is to be executed for burglary, this day, the 21st of October, 1773, which was sung to him and a considerable audience, assembled at the prison, on Tuesday evening, the 19th of October, and, at the desire of the prisoner, will be sung at the place of execution, this day. : To which is annexed, The Christian exercises and dying soliloquy, or the comfortable hope and wonderful conversion of Levi Ames ... /

The execution hymn, composed on Levi Ames : who is to be executed for burglary, this day, the 21st of October, 1773, which was sung to him and a considerable audience, assembled at the prison, on Tuesday evening, the 19th of October, and, at the desire of the prisoner, will be sung at the place of execution, this day. : To which is annexed, The Christian exercises and dying soliloquy, or the comfortable hope and wonderful conversion of Levi Ames ... /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winchester, Elhanan, 1751-1797
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Boston] : Sold by E. Russell, next the cornfield, Union-Street, [1773]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 42544.
Subjects:
Ames, Levi, > 1752-1773.
Executions and executioners > Massachusetts > Boston.
Crime > Massachusetts.
Burglary > Massachusetts.
Broadsides.
Poems > 1773.
Hymns.
Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:The execution hymn; first line: Come, see the pow'r of Christ, the King.
The Christian exercises and dying soliloquy; first lines: Hearken, good people, and attend the counsel of a dying friend.
Relief cut of an execution at head (Reilly 1180). Hymn in two columns on top half of sheet; the Christian exercises, in verse, in three columns below hymn.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.