Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 Baltimore Gray Edition) (Q760)
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Possible first edition of Nat Turner's Confessions (1831 Baltimore Gray)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Confessions of Nat Turner (1831 Baltimore Gray Edition) |
Possible first edition of Nat Turner's Confessions (1831 Baltimore Gray) |
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THE | CONFESSIONS | OF | NAT TURNER, | THE LEADER OF THE LATE | INSURRECTION IN SOUTHAMPTION, VA. | As fully and voluntarily made to | THOMAS R. GRAY, | In the prison where he was confined, and acknowledged by | him to be such when read before the Court of South- | ampton; with the certificate, under the seal of | the Court convened at Jerusalem, | Nov. 5, 1831, for his trial. |
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ALSO, AN AUTHENTIC | ACCOUNT OF THE WHOLE INSURRECTION, | WITH LISTS OF THE WHITES WHO WERE MURDERED | AND OF THE NEGROES BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT OF | SOUTHAMPTON, AND THERE SENTENCED, &c. | [line] | Baltimore: | PUBLISHED BY THOMAS R. GRAY. | Lucas & Deaver, print. | 1831.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO WIT: Be it remembered, That on this tenth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-one, Thomas R. Gray of the said District, deposited in this office of the title of a book, which is in the words as following: "The Confessions of Nat Turner, the leader of the late insurrection in Southampton, Virginia,
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10 November 1831Gregorian
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[continued] as fully voluntarily made to Thomas R. Gray, in the prison where he was confined, and acknowledged by him to be such when read before the Court of Southampton; with the cer-tificate, under seal, of the Court convened at Jerusalem, November 5, 1831, for his trial. Also, an authentic account of the whole insurrection, with lists of the whites who were murdered,
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[continued] and of the negroes brought before the Court of Southampton, and there sentenced, &c. the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in conformity with an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to amend the several acts respecting Copy Rights." Edmund J. Lee, Clerk of the District. In testimony that the above is a true copy from the record of the District Court
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[continued] for the District of Columbia, I, Edmund I. Lee, the Clerk thereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office, this 10th day of November, 1831. EDMUND J. LEE, C.D.C.
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Witness/ Authentication Statement
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