A narrative of all the robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard: giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the Castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is prefix'd, a true representation of his escape from the Condemn'd Hold, curiously engraven on a copper plate. The whole Publish'd at the particular Request of the Prisoner.

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[1724]
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London : printed and sold by John Applebee, a little below Bridewell-Bridge, in Black-Fryers, [1724]

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31,[1]p.,plate ; 80.

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The fifth edition.

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ESTC T170394
Moore, 466

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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