McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

An account of the life, trial, & execution of Alexander Thompson : who was executed in the City of York, on Wednesday, 15th Dec. 1843, for the cruel murders of his wife and four children, and afterwards hung his aged mother on a tree in the garden ; with The Dumfries tragedy. York : Printed for Peter Brown, [between 1843 and 1850?]

Alternative Title:

Dumfries tragedy, &c.

Publisher:

Printed for Peter Brown, [between 1843 and 1850?]

Notes:

"Dumfries tragedy" signed: William Wilson.
Woodcut on title page; title within ornamental border.
First line of Dumfries tragedy: "This day I sing in plaintive strains."
Title page included in pagination.

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 16 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Thompson, Alexander, -- d. 1843.
Chapbooks, English -- Specimens.
Wife abuse -- Scotland -- Dumfries -- Poetry.
Trials (Murder) -- England -- Poetry.
Murder -- England -- Poetry.
Murder -- England -- Yorkshire.
Trials (Murder) -- England -- York.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- Yorkshire -- 19th century.

Chapbook Category:

Jest Books, Humorous Fiction, Riddles

Call Number:

PN970 H88 Q44 1823 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

With: Queen Mary's lamentation. Glasgow : Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by R. Hutchison, bookseller, 19 Saltmarket,1823. Bound together subsequent to publication (18 cm).

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=10608

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_H88_Q44_1823_004018008