(CRIME) The Life of Samuel Tully who was Executed at South B

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(CRIME.) The Life of Samuel Tully, who was Executed at South-Boston, Dec. 10, 1812, for Piracy. 36 pages. 8vo, disbound; minor foxing, toning, and wear. Boston, 1812

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The last public execution in Boston was of convicted pirate and murderer Samuel Tully; his conspirator John Dalton was reprieved on the appointed day. They were mutinous American sailors who seized a ship and killed one of their fellow seamen while making their way to the West Indies. McDade 1004.