The remarkable life of James Smith, a famous young highwayman, who was executed at Surbiton-Common, near Kingston upon Thames, on Thursday, the 9th day of September, 1756, for a robbery in Surrey. Containing a true and faithful narrative of all the robberies that he has, within a few years, committed in London, and in the Country, amounting to One Hundred and Six in Number, although he was not Twenty-Two Years of Age when he suffered. Written by himself, whilst under Sentence of Death in the Gaol at Kingston: And delivered to Mr. John Hammett, Keeper of the Country Gaol of Surry. Together with his Serious Reflections on a Future State; and several Letters, particularly One from a Methodist Teacher, &c. And to this paper is annex'd the dying words of John Lauder, Esq; who was executed at Pennenden-Heath, near Maidstone, in the County of Kent, on Monday, the 16th of August, 1756, for the Murder of William Brown, a Post-Boy.

  • Smith, James, -1756.
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London : printed for R. Davis, the Corner of Sackville-Street, Piccadilly; and M. Cooper, in Paternoster-Row, [1756?]

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12p. ; 40.

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ESTC T100001

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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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