The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit. A young woman aged near twenty-seven years, executed at Boston September 27th. 1733. according to the sentence pass'd upon her at the Superiour Court holden there for the county of Suffolk, in August last, being then found guilty of felony, in concealing the birth of her spurious male infant, of which she was delivered when alone the eighth day of May last, and was afterwards found dead, as will more fully appear by the following declaration, which was carefully taken from her own mouth.

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Title The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit. A young woman aged near twenty-seven years, executed at Boston September 27th. 1733. according to the sentence pass'd upon her at the Superiour Court holden there for the county of Suffolk, in August last, being then found guilty of felony, in concealing the birth of her spurious male infant, of which she was delivered when alone the eighth day of May last, and was afterwards found dead, as will more fully appear by the following declaration, which was carefully taken from her own mouth.
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Signed Author The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit. A young woman aged near twenty-seven years, executed at Boston September 27th. 1733.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 1
Date of Publication 1733
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Date of First Publication 1733
Imprint Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queen-Street.
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Location of Printing Boston US
Format Broadside (bs)
Length (cm) 40
Width (cm) 31
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"Sign'd and acknowleg'd in the presence of divers witnesses, with a desire that it may be publish'd to the world, and read at the place of execution. Rebekah Chamblit. September 26th. 1733."
Advertised in the Boston weekly news-letter of September 27, 1733: This afternoon will be published, The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit ...
Text in three columns surrounded by mourning border; printed area measures 37.2 x 27.5 cm
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Chamblit, Rebekah. The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekah Chamblit. A young woman aged near twenty-seven years, executed at Boston September 27th. 1733. according to the sentence pass'd upon her at the Superiour Court holden there for the county of Suffolk, in August last, being then found guilty of felony, in concealing the birth of her spurious male infant, of which she was delivered when alone the eighth day of May last, and was afterwards found dead, as will more fully appear by the following declaration, which was carefully taken from her own mouth.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 24633, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/24633. Accessed 2025-09-05. 

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