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• The last words and dying speech of Thomas Goss, in a private conference, previous to his exection. ([Connecticut? : s.n., 1778?]), by Thomas Goss (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The reasons and design of public punishments; a sermon, delivered before the people who were collected to the execution of Moses Dunbar, who was condemned for high treason against the state of Connecticut, and executed March 19th, A.D. 1777. / By Nathan Strong, Pastor of the First Church in Hartford. ; [One line of text] (Hartford: : Printed and sold by Eben. Watson,, M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]), by Nathan Strong (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A sermon, preached in Hartford, June 10th, 1797, at the execution of Richard Doane. By Nathan Strong, Minister of the North Congregational Church in Hartford. ; To which is added, a short account of his life, as given by himself: also of the state of his mind during the time of his confinement, and at his death. (Hartford: : Printed by Elisha Babcock., 1797), by Nathan Strong (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A sermon, preached at Danbury, November 8th, A.D. 1798, being the day of execution of Anthony, a free Negro, pursuant to sentence of death passed upon him by the Hon. Superior Court, for the crime of a rape. / By Timothy Langdon, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Danbury. [One line from Ecclesiastes] (Danbury [Conn.]: : Printed and sold by Douglas & Nichols., 1798), by Timothy Langdon, Anthony, and Samuel Blatchford (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Excessive wickedness, the way to an untimely death. A sermon preached at Fairfield, in Connecticut, September 7th, 1768. At the execution of Isaac Frasier. / By Noah Hobart, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Fairfield. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts] (New-Haven: : Printed and sold by Thomas and Samuel Green., [1768]), by Noah Hobart (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A sermon preached at Haddam, June 14, 1797. On the day of the execution of Thomas Starr, condemned for the murder of his kinsman, Samuel Cornwell, by seven wounds given him, by a penknife, in the trunk of his body, July 26th, 1796, of which he languished a few days and died: : with a sketch of the life and character of said Starr. / By Enoch Huntington, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Middletown. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts] (Middletown [Conn.]: : Printed by Moses H. Woodward., [1797]), by Enoch Huntington (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A brief narrative of the life and confession of Barnett Davenport. Under sentence of death, for a series of the most horrid murders, ever perpetated in this country, or perhaps any other, on the evening following the 3d of February, 1780. Is to be executed at Litchfield, on the 8th of May. ([Hartford? : s.n.], Printed in the year, M.DCC.LXXX. [1780]), by Barnett Davenport (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A sermon, delivered at Litchfield, on the 2d day of November, A.D. 1768. On the day of the execution of John Jacobs, an Indian native, pursuant to sentence of death passed upon him by the Hon. Superior Court, for the murder of James Chockrer. : Preached upon the desire of the criminal and published at the request of some of the hearers. / By Timothy Pitkin, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Farmington. ; [One line of Scripture text] (Hartford: : Printed by Green & Watson, near the great bridge., [1768]), by Timothy Pitkin (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last (New Haven, CT: T. and S. Green, 1790), by Joseph Mountain, ed. by David Daggett (HTML and TEI at UNC)
• The intent of capital punishment. A discourse delivered in the city of New-Haven, October 20, 1790. Being the day of the execution of Joseph Mountain, for a rape. / By James Dana, D.D. Pastor of the First Church in said city. (New-Haven; : Printed by T. and S. Green., [1790]), by James Dana (HTML at Evans TCP)
• Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, who was executed at New-Haven, on the 20th day of October, 1790, for a rape, committed on the 26th day of May last. : (The writer of this history has directed that the money arising from the sales thereof, after deducting the expence of printing, &c. be given to the unhappy girl, whose life is rendered wretched by the crime of the malefactor.) (New-Haven: : Printed and sold by T. & S. Green., [1790]), by Joseph Mountain and David Daggett (HTML at Evans TCP)
• A sermon, preached at the execution of Moses Paul, an Indian; who was executed at New-Haven, on the second of September, 1772; for the murder of Mr. Moses Cook, late of Waterbury, on the 7th of December, 1771. : Preached at the desire of said Paul. / By Samson Occom, Minister of the Gospel, and missionary to the Indians. (New-Haven; : Printed and sold by T. & S. Green., [1772]), by Samson Occom (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Mr. Channing's sermon at the execution, &c. (Printed by T. Green, 1786), by Henry Channing and Timothy Green (page images at HathiTrust)
• A sermon preached on the occasion of the execution of Katherine Garrett, an Indian-servant, (who was condemned for the murder of her spurious child,) on May 3d. 1738. : To which is added some short account of her behaviour after her condemnation. : Together with her dying warning and exhortation. Left under her own hand. / By Eliphalet Adams, M.A. and Pastor of the Church of Christ in N. London. (N. London [i.e., New London, Conn.], : Printed & sold by T. Green,, 1738), by Eliphalet Adams (HTML at Evans TCP)
• God admonishing his people of their duty, as parents and masters. A sermon, preached at New-London, December 20th, 1786. Occasioned by the execution of Hannah Ocuish, a mulatto girl, aged 12 years and 9 months. For the murder of Eunice Bolles, aged 6 years and 6 months. / By Henry Channing, M.A. ; [Five lines of quotations] (New-London [Conn.]: : Printed by T. Green., M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]), by Henry Channing (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The life and confession of Miner Babcock: : who was executed at Norwich, Connecticut, June 6th, 1816. For the murder of London, a blackman. (Printed by Samuel Green, New-London: for the proprietor of the copy-right, 1816), by Miner Babcock and Samuel Green (page images at HathiTrust)

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• El Libro rojo, 1520-1867 (A. Pola, 1905), by Vicente Riva Palacio (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution; d'après des documents inédits tirés des archives de l'état (Perrin et cie., 1922), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire des conspirations et des exécutions politiques en France, en Angleterre, en Russie, et en Espagne depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'á nos jours ... (G. Havard, 1849), by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sept générations d'exécuteurs 1688-1847. (Dupray de la Mahèrie et cie, 1862), by Henri Sanson, d' Olbreuze, Henri Sanson, and Charles Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
• 88 men and 2 women (Doubleday, 1962), by Clinton T. Duffy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire des luttes, attentats et conspirations politiques ... tant en France, qu'en Angleterre, en Espagne et en Russie, etc., etc. (Au siège de l'Administration, 1849), by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ocherki sovremennykh kazneĭ. (Moskva, 1906), by V. Vladimirov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Der Henker in der Volksmeinung; seine Namen und sein Vorkommen in der mündlichen Volksüberlieferung (F. Klopp, 1928), by Else Angstmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The guillotine and its servants (Hutchinson & co., 1929), by G. Lenotre and Maud Margaret Key Stawell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A hangman's diary, being the journal of Master Franz Schmidt, public executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617. (D. Appleton, 1928), by Franz Schmidt, Albert William Gruner, Charles Vincent Calvert, and Albrecht Keller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il patibolo. Il carnefice ed il paziente, ventiquattr' ore di storia. (R. Stabilimento Lavagnino, 1868), by Giacomo Borgonovo (page images at HathiTrust)
• A hangman's diary, being the journal of Master Franz Schmidt, public executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617 (P. Allan & co., ltd., 1929), by Franz Schmidt, Albert William Gruner, Charles Vincent Calvert, and Albrecht Keller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Some distinguished victims of the scaffold (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1905), by Horace Bleackley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution, d'après des documents inédits tirés des archives de l'état (Perrin et cie., 1920), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Temple Bar : the City Golgotha : a narrative of the historical occurrences of a criminal character associated with the present Bar (D. Bogue, 1853), by James Holbert Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Scharfrichter in der deutschen Kulturgeschichte (K. Schroeder, 1921), by Albrecht Keller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Histoire des conspirations et des exécutions politiques en France, en Angleterre, en Russie, et en Espagne depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours ... terminée par un précis de la révolution de février et des événements de juin 1848. (G. Harvard, 1849), by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• A tale of two cities. (Chapman and Hall, 1866), by Charles Dickens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sept générations d'exécuteurs 1688-1847 : Mémoires des Sanson mis en ordre (Dupray de la Mahérie, 1862), by Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bøddel og galgefugl et kulturhistorisk forsøg. (Gldendalske Boghandel Nordisk, 1910), by Hugo Matthiessen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tyburn tree : its history and annals (Brown, Langham & Co., 1908), by Alfred Marks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Pariser-Schavottens historia, från 1688 till 1847 : eller, Familjen Sansons memoirer, ordnade, redigerade och utg. af H. Sanson (Tryckt hos N. Marcus, 1862), by d' Olbreuze, Henri Sanson, Charles Henri Sanson, and Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bøddel og galgefugl : et kultur-historisk forsøg. (Gyldendal, 1910), by Hugo Matthiessen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution d'après des documents inédits tirés des Archives de l'état (Perrin, 1910), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The importance of a religious education illustrated and enforced : a sermon, delivered at Worcester, October 31, 1793, occasioned by the execution of Samuel Frost, on that day, for the murder of Captain Elisha Allen, of Princeton, on the 16th day of July, 1793 (by Isaiah Thomas. Sold at the Worcester bookstore, 1793), by Aaron Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Billy Budd, Benito Cereno and the enchanted isles (Press of the Readers Club, 1942), by Herman Melville (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution, d'après des documents inédits tirés des Archives de l'état (Perrin et cie, 1927), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The trial of Henry Joseph and Amos Otis, for the murder of James Crosby, captain of the Brig Juniper, on the high seas. : In the Circuit Court of the United States, District of Massachusetts, holden at Boston--October term, 1834. (Published by Light & Horton, 1 & 3 Cornhill, 1834), by Henry Joseph, Amos Otis, Light and Horton, and United States. Circuit Court (Massachusetts) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The six who were hanged. ([New Orleans, 1924), by Clem G. Hearsey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la révolution français (A la Librairie Centrale, 1830), by L. F. L'Héritier and Honoré de Balzac (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Pfählung : eine Form der Todesstrafe : Kultur- und Rechtshistorische Studie (Manz, 1903), by Sigmund Stiassny (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tagebücher der Henker von Paris, 1685 bis 1847 (G. Kiepenheuer, 1923), by Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals, by Alfred Marks (Gutenberg ebook)
• El libro rojo, 1520-1867, Tomo II (in Spanish), by Vicente Riva Palacio, Rafael Martinez de la Torre, Juan A. Mateos, and Manuel Payno (Gutenberg ebook)
• El libro rojo, 1520-1867, Tomo I (in Spanish), by Vicente Riva Palacio, Rafael Martinez de la Torre, Juan A. Mateos, and Manuel Payno (Gutenberg ebook)
• Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold, by Horace Bleackley (Gutenberg ebook)
• The speeches and prayers of Major General Harison, Octob. 13. Mr. John Carew, Octob. 15. Mr. Justice Cooke, Mr. Hugh Peters, Octob. 16. Mr. Tho. Scott, Mr. Gregory Clement, Col. Adrian Scroop, Col. John Jones, Octob. 17. Col. Daniel Axtell, & Col. Fran. Hacker, Oct. 19: the times of their death. Together with severall occasionall speeches and passages in their imprisonment till they came to the place of execution. Faithfully and impartially collected for further satisfaction. ([London] : Printed [by Simon Dover and Thomas Creeke], anno Dom. 1660), by Thomas Harrison (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Two speeches dflivered [sic] on the scaffold at Tower-Hill on Friday last,: by Mr. Christopher Love, and Mr. Gibbins, being the 22. of this instant August, 1651. With the manner of their deportment and carriage at the place of execution: and Mr. Love's declaration and propositions to the citizens of London, touching the King, Scots, and covenant. / By G.H. An ear-witness on the scaffold. (London : Printed for William Loe [sic], servant to the Common-wealth of England, 1651), by G. H., Christopher Love, and John Gibbons (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Mr. Love his funeral sermon,: preached by himself on the scaffold on Tower Hill, in the hearing of many thousand people, on Friday the two and twentieth day of this instant August. Divided into three parts; 1. The matter for which he suffered, 2. The cleering or justifying of himself. 3. His exhortation to the people. (London : Printed by Robert Wood, 1651), by Christopher Love (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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