A narrative of the life and conversion of Alexander White, aet. 23. Who was executed at Cambridge, November 18, 1784, for the murder of a Captain White, at sea. : Containing extracts from his manuscripts, and some letters written by him a short time before his execution.
- Title
- A narrative of the life and conversion of Alexander White, aet. 23. Who was executed at Cambridge, November 18, 1784, for the murder of a Captain White, at sea. : Containing extracts from his manuscripts, and some letters written by him a short time before his execution.
- Author
- White, Alexander, 1762-1784.
- Publication
- [Boston] :: Printed and published by Powars and Willis, in Boston.,
- [1784?]
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- Subject terms
- White, Alexander, 1762-1784.
- Murder.
- Pirates.
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https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N14890.0001.001
- Cite this Item
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"A narrative of the life and conversion of Alexander White, aet. 23. Who was executed at Cambridge, November 18, 1784, for the murder of a Captain White, at sea. : Containing extracts from his manuscripts, and some letters written by him a short time before his execution." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N14890.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- The following is the account that ALEXANDER WHITE gave of himself to a person who visited him, a short time before his death.
- An extract from Alexander White's papers, written by himself, while imprisoned in Plymouth goal, on a charge of Murder, Sept. 5, 1784. Taken from the originals, as follows.
- Further extracts from Alexander White's pa|pers—written to a friend while in Plymouth goal.
- Another extract—written to a christian friend, who had been very conversant with him, and acquainted with the religious exercises of his mind, dated in Plymouth prison.
- Extract, &c. to his christian friend, wrote while in Plymouth goal.
- Extract of another letter, &c. written in Cam|bridge goal, just after his trial and con|demnation, to a friend in Plymouth, viz.
- Copy of Alexander White's letter to the Rev. C. Robbins—written a day or 2 before his execution—viz.
- Extract of another letter, wrote by A. White, to a person who had greatly befriended his spiritual interest, while in Plymouth goal.
- to the reader