An account of Rose Butler, aged nineteen years, whose execution I attended in the potter's field, on the 9th of 7th mo. for setting fire to her mistress' dwelling house. By Dorothy Ripley.

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Title An account of Rose Butler, aged nineteen years, whose execution I attended in the potter's field, on the 9th of 7th mo. for setting fire to her mistress' dwelling house. By Dorothy Ripley.
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Signed Author By Dorothy Ripley.
Pseudonym Benevolus
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 35
Date of Publication 1819
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1819
Imprint Printed by John C. Totten, no. 9 Bowery
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Copyright Statement Southern District of New York, ss. Be it remembered that on the fifth day of August, in the forty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Dorothy Ripley, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book , the right whereof she claims as Author, in the words and figures following, to wit: "An Account of Rose Butler, aged nineteen years, whose execution I attended in the Potter's Field in the 9th of 7th Mo. for setting fire to her mistress's dwelling house. By Dorothy Ripley." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "an Act supplementary to An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." Gilbert Livingstone Thompson Clerk of the Southern District of New York
Location of Printing New York City US
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  • AAS 305966
Notes AAS notes: Caption title: An account of the death of Rose Butler. In a letter to J.C. in Virginia.
Copyright Aug. 5, 1819, by Dorothy Ripley.
"Composed for Rose Butler ..."--p. 12-15, in verse.
"From the Commercial advertiser," p. 17-32, includes a selection of letters, several signed "Benevolus," opposing capital punishment.
"The bank of faith and works united. By Dorothy Ripley, citizen of this world, but going above to the New Jerusalem."--p. [36].
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
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Ripley, Dorothy. An account of Rose Butler, aged nineteen years, whose execution I attended in the potter's field, on the 9th of 7th mo. for setting fire to her mistress' dwelling house. By Dorothy Ripley.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 19209, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/19209. Accessed 2024-04-20. 

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