Unrecorded. Only Known Copy: "Their Behaviour Has Been Truly Penitent" [Broadside]. [Executions]. Attel, John. Hatchman, William. Newman, Charlotte. James, Mary Ann. The Trials and Execution of John Attel for Burglary, And William Hatchman, Charlotte Newman, And Mary Ann James for Forgery, Who were Executed this Morning, Before the Debtor's Door, Old Bailey. [London?, S.n., c.1800]. 14" x 10" broadside, on thin paper, mounted on 16" x 12-1/2" board, text in two columns below woodcut vignette of execution and headline, untrimmed edges. Moderate toning, light soiling, several light creases, light foxing along lower margin. $2,000. * An account of "four unfortunate creatures" who were "ordered for execution, three for the unpardonable crime of forgery, and of them, shocking to relate, two are young women, and the fourth for burglary and cruel treatment to an old woman." An account of their crimes is followed by an approving description of their final days: "Since the order for their execution arrived, their behaviour has been truly penitent, they attended the condemned Sermon of Sunday last, and seemed deeply impressed with their awful situation." The final paragraph reprints the text of a deeply remorseful "Copy of a Letter" from one of the women (it isn't signed) to her mother. It ends with a plea: "[T]ell my dear brothers and sisters that my dying request is, that they will take warning from my untimely end, and reverence the Sabbath, which I have neglected;-pray to God that he may be my support and comfort in the hour of death;-and that he may be yours is the earnest prayer of your wretched daughter." This broadside is rare and appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. Seller Inventory # 75955

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Title: The Trials and Execution of John Attel for ...

Publication Date: 1800

Illustrator: Unrecorded

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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