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SKETCH
OF THE
ife and Transactions
' OF
SETER BROWN,
AN ENGLISH SAILOR.
I''at air early period of life* run away from his fa-
: a-’s house, and went to sea; and after a long ab-
: ice returned home with plenty of money and va-
i i.ble jewels, which he hatl got by plunder. Also
> -Account how he entered his parents' house as 2
\ anger wanting lodgings, and they not knowing
J d to be their son, watched till he was asleep, and
“ i:n Murdered hith: in the most barbarous manner
j!; the sake of his riches. Likewise an Account how
> sy discovered next morning that he was their own
. Id. Whenlhey ended tlreir lives with the same
i ife .they had butchered him; and how his sister,
lining into the room, was so overcome at the sight
i (he bloody scene, that she fell suddenly down,
11 instantly expired.
EDINBURGH:
|ited for the Booksellers in Town and Country.
I (P'AtPOriet Penny.) ‘
OF THE
ife and Transactions
' OF
SETER BROWN,
AN ENGLISH SAILOR.
I''at air early period of life* run away from his fa-
: a-’s house, and went to sea; and after a long ab-
: ice returned home with plenty of money and va-
i i.ble jewels, which he hatl got by plunder. Also
> -Account how he entered his parents' house as 2
\ anger wanting lodgings, and they not knowing
J d to be their son, watched till he was asleep, and
“ i:n Murdered hith: in the most barbarous manner
j!; the sake of his riches. Likewise an Account how
> sy discovered next morning that he was their own
. Id. Whenlhey ended tlreir lives with the same
i ife .they had butchered him; and how his sister,
lining into the room, was so overcome at the sight
i (he bloody scene, that she fell suddenly down,
11 instantly expired.
EDINBURGH:
|ited for the Booksellers in Town and Country.
I (P'AtPOriet Penny.) ‘
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| Chapbooks printed in Scotland > Soldiers and sailors > Sketch of the life and transactions of Peter Brown > (1) |
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| Description | An English sailor. Who, at early period of life, run away from his father's house, and went to sea. Edinburgh : Printed for the booksellers in town and country, [1820-1830?]. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2809(23) |
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| Description | Over 3,000 chapbooks published in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Subjects include courtship, humour, occupations, fairs, apparitions, war, politics, crime, executions, Jacobites, transvestites, and freemasonry. Chapbooks are small booklets of 8, 12, 16 and 24 pages, often illustrated with crude woodcuts. Produced cheaply and sold by peddlars on the streets, they formed the staple reading material of the common people, along with broadsides. |
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