Reflections of Sarah Thomas, an unfortunate young woman, who was executed for stealing two surplices, out of St. Mary's Church, London. These few lines are dedicated to all young persons, in hopes they will take warning by the untimely end of the said young woman, and refrain from vice, for as the apostle St. Paul says, "the wages of sin is death."

ID 20222
Title Reflections of Sarah Thomas, an unfortunate young woman, who was executed for stealing two surplices, out of St. Mary's Church, London. These few lines are dedicated to all young persons, in hopes they will take warning by the untimely end of the said young woman, and refrain from vice, for as the apostle St. Paul says, "the wages of sin is death."
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Signed Author Reflections of Sarah Thomas.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 1
Date of Publication 1810
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication
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Colophon
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Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 23
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Notes Associated firms unknown.
AAS Notes:
Verse in fourteen stanzas; first lines: Young persons all both far and near, to these few lines I pray give ear.
American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. I, no. 123, "purchased from a ballad printer and seller in Boston" and presented to the society in August 1814. Most, if not all, of these issues were published after 1810, cf. Ford, W.C. The Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads, 1924.
Text in two columns; printed area measures 27.5 x 18.3 cm.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800,
Ford, W.C. Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads,
American Antiquarian Society copy closely trimmed at bottom; lacking portions of last line of text in first column.
Hand-Verified No
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Attempted Verification Yes

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Thomas, Sarah. Reflections of Sarah Thomas, an unfortunate young woman, who was executed for stealing two surplices, out of St. Mary's Church, London. These few lines are dedicated to all young persons, in hopes they will take warning by the untimely end of the said young woman, and refrain from vice, for as the apostle St. Paul says, "the wages of sin is death."The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20222, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20222. Accessed 2024-05-07. 

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