Record ID:
157778
Accession number:
MA 896
Date:
1777 Mar. 19 or later.
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description:
1 item (10 p.), unbound ; 17 x 10.5 cm
Summary:
Contemporary manuscript copy of Moses Dunbar's last speech, dated at end "(Signed) Moses Dunbar Hartford 18th March 1777." Title page reads "The Last Speech & Dying Words of Moses Dunbar who was Executed at Hartford on Wednesday the 19th of March 1777 For High Treason against the State of Connecticut."
Housed in:
Blue cloth drop-spine box (19.5 cm)
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from G.D. Smith in 1907.
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