Research Catalog

Title

Thoughts in prison : in five parts, viz. the imprisonment, the retrospect, public punishment, the trial, futurity / by William Dodd, L.L.D. ; to which are added his last prayer, written in the night before his death, the convict's address to his unhappy brethren, and other miscellaneous pieces, with some account of the author.

Author

Dodd, William, 1729-1777

Publication

New-York : Evert Duyckinck, 1827.

Details

Additional Authors

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Description

1 online resource (xxv pages, pages 28-222).

Series Statement

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Uniform Title

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Subject

• Dodd, William, 1729-1777
• Dodd, William, 1729-1777 > Trials, litigation, etc
• Forgery > England
• Trials (Forgery) > England
• Last letters before death

Note

• "The convict's address to his unhappy brethren," pages [169]-184, was written by Dr. Johnson and altered by Dodd and others. Cf. Fitzgerald, P. A famous forgery, and papers by Dr. Johnson and Dr. Dodd, 1926.
• Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC

• 937020829
• CPPC03771

Author

Dodd, William, 1729-1777, author.

Title

Thoughts in prison : in five parts, viz. the imprisonment, the retrospect, public punishment, the trial, futurity / by William Dodd, L.L.D. ; to which are added his last prayer, written in the night before his death, the convict's address to his unhappy brethren, and other miscellaneous pieces, with some account of the author.

Publisher

New-York : Evert Duyckinck, 1827.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, author.