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Sorrowful lamentation of William Thomson, who is now lying under the awful sentence of death, in the Calton Jail, and who is to be executed on Thursday the 1st of March, at Dalkeith with an account of his behaviour since his condemnation

(62) Sorrowful lamentation of William Thomson, who is now lying under the awful sentence of death, in the Calton Jail, and who is to be executed on Thursday the 1st of March, at Dalkeith with an account of his behaviour since his condemnation

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English ballads > Elegies & laments > Sorrowful lamentation of William Thomson, who is now lying under the awful sentence of death, in the Calton Jail, and who is to be executed on Thursday the 1st of March, at Dalkeith with an account of his behaviour since his condemnation
(1) Sorrowful lamentation of William Thomson, who is now lying under the awful sentence of death, in the Calton Jail, and who is to be executed on Thursday the 1st of March, at Dalkeith with an account of his behaviour since his condemnation
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DescriptionFirst line reads: Tir'd of the bustle of the day. In two columns. In prose and verse.
ShelfmarkCrawford.EB.3267
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Elegies & laments
English ballads
DescriptionCollection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
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