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Additional authors

1. St. Clair, Henry.

Description

1. [2], 311-328 p.; 22 cm.

Alternative title

1. Charles Gibbs and Thomas I. Wansley
2. Lives and trial of Gibbs and Wansley

Subject

1. Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831
2. Wansley, Thomas J., -1831
3. Thornby, William, -1830
4. Roberts, William, -1830
5. Vineyard (Brig)
6. Pirates > United States
7. Brigands and robbers > United States
8. Murder > Atlantic Ocean
9. Trials (Murder) > New York (State) > New York
10. Executions and executioners > New York (State) > New York
11. Last words

Note

1. Charles Gibbs and Thomas J. Wansley were tried and convicted of murdering William Thornby and William Roberts, captain and first mate of the brig Vineyard, in November 1830; they were hanged in New York April 22, 1831.
2. The single illustration is on the title page.
3. An offprint, with new title page, from St. Clair, Henry. The United States criminal calendar, or An awful warning to the youth of America, Boston: Printed and published by Charles Gaylord, 1832 (Checklist Amer. imprints 14585).
4. Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
5. Sabin no. 101243.

Author

1. Gibbs, Charles, 1794?-1831.

Title

1. Lives and trial of Gibbs & Wansley [electronic resource] : who were executed for piracy.

Imprint

1. Boston : Printed for the publisher, 1832.

Local note

1. Early Republic.

Connect to:

1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added author

1. St. Clair, Henry.

Running title

1. Charles Gibbs and Thomas I. Wansley