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Title
The life and exploits of Jack Sheppard : a notorious housebreaker and footpad; giving a full acount of his numerous robberies: his escape from the New Prison; his commitment to Newgate; he is tried, and receives sentence of death; his wonderful escape from thence although loaded with irons; he is retaken, confined in the condemned cell, and chained to the floor; then removed to a stronger place in Newgate, called the Castle, from which place he escapes in the night; he is again taken, and secured in Newgate; after which he is hung at Tyburn.
Call Number
2010-1247N
Identifier
ark:/88435/p2677504t
Publisher
Derby : Thomas Richardson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall and Co. ; Portsea : S. Horsey, [1830?]
Language
English
Date Created
1830
Extent
24 p., 1 folded leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
"The following account was written by Sheppard during his confinement in the middle stone-room, and left with the ordinary for publication", p. 19-23.

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Subject
Sheppard, Jack 1702-1724—Biography
Thieves—England—Biography

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File Count
1

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Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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