The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman. Giving a Particular Account of all his daring robberies and burglaries, trial, execution, burial, &c.

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Title

The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman. Giving a Particular Account of all his daring robberies and burglaries, trial, execution, burial, &c.

Publisher

Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers

Date

[1840-1850?] per University of Glasgow Union Catalogue of Scottish Chapbooks

Extent

24 pages
16 cm

Is Part Of

Chapbook #11 in a bound collection of chapbooks (s0098b48)
Chapbook #2 in a bound collection of 20 chapbooks (s0231b06)

Description

"117" printed at the bottom of the title-page

Abstract

This chapbook describes the many crimes and robberies committed by Richard Turpin, alias, John Palmer. Excerpts from letters between Turpin and family members are included, as well as descriptions of his trial, conviction, and execution.
Wikipedia entry for Dick (Richard) Turpin:

Subject

Chapbooks - Scotland - Glasgow
Crime
Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739

Source

Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario

Format

JPEGs and PDF derived from master file, which was scanned from the original book in 24-bit color at 600 dpi in TIFF format using an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner.

Rights

In the public domain; For high quality reproductions, contact Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph. libaspc@uoguelph.ca, 519-824-4120, Ext. 53413

Contributor

Archival and Special Collections, University of Guelph Library, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Citation

“The Life of Richard Turpin, A Most Notorious Highwayman. Giving a Particular Account of all his daring robberies and burglaries, trial, execution, burial, &c.,” Scottish Chapbooks, accessed March 29, 2024, https://scottishchapbooks.lib.uoguelph.ca/items/show/871.
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