(CRIME) The True Cause of Crime Dying Words of a Criminal

Sale 2186 - Lot 97

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(CRIME.) The True Cause of Crime. Dying Words of a Criminal. Letterpress broadside, 19 x 11 1/2 inches, illustrated with 2 wood engravings; foxing, creasing, several short tears with tape repairs on verso, a bit of edge wear. Boston: Cassady & March, 1836?

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A temperance broadside prompted by a famous arson case. Includes the text of a semi-literate 15 March 1836 letter written by Simeon L. Crockett in "Boston Gail" [sic] the night before his execution. Crockett blames alcohol for his fate, and the bottom of the sheet reinforces the message: "Go not to a Grog Shop or Bar Room, as you would avoid the awful fate of Russell and Crockett!" Only one copy in WorldCat, and no previous auction records found.