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Book/Printed Material The confession of Joseph Baker, a Canadian by birth, who, for murder & piracy committed on the high seas on board the schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a voyage from Philadelphia bound to St. Thomas's : who was tried on the 25th of April, 1800 before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, judges of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, and now under sentence of death, in the solitary cells of the pentitentiary house of the city and county of Philadelphia.

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Title

  • The confession of Joseph Baker, a Canadian by birth, who, for murder & piracy committed on the high seas on board the schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a voyage from Philadelphia bound to St. Thomas's : who was tried on the 25th of April, 1800 before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, judges of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, and now under sentence of death, in the solitary cells of the pentitentiary house of the city and county of Philadelphia.

Names

  • Baker, Joseph, 1779-1800?

Created / Published

  • [Philadelphia] : Printed by Richard Folwell ..., [1800]

Headings

  • -  Baker, Joseph,--1779-1800?
  • -  Brous, Joseph,---1800?
  • -  Peterson, Peter,---1800?
  • -  Eliza (Schooner)
  • -  Murderers--Biography
  • -  Pirates--Biography

Notes

  • -  Baker's confederates were Joseph Brous and Peter Peterson.
  • -  Signatures: [A]⁴.
  • -  Evans 36873
  • -  McDade, T.M. Murder, 62
  • -  ESTC W9220
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Digital images not viewed; td12 2009-08-31
  • -  Formerly shelved under: LAW Copy 1 LLRBR

Medium

  • 8 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV6248 .B235 1800

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 40025744

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Baker, Joseph, ?. The confession of Joseph Baker, a Canadian by birth, who, for murder & piracy committed on the high seas on board the schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a voyage from Philadelphia bound to St. Thomas's: who was tried on the 25th of April,before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, judges of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, and now under sentence of death, in the solitary cells of the pentitentiary house of the city and county of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1800] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/40025744/.

APA citation style:

Baker, J. (1800) The confession of Joseph Baker, a Canadian by birth, who, for murder & piracy committed on the high seas on board the schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a voyage from Philadelphia bound to St. Thomas's: who was tried on the 25th of April,before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, judges of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, and now under sentence of death, in the solitary cells of the pentitentiary house of the city and county of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/40025744/.

MLA citation style:

Baker, Joseph, ?. The confession of Joseph Baker, a Canadian by birth, who, for murder & piracy committed on the high seas on board the schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a voyage from Philadelphia bound to St. Thomas's: who was tried on the 25th of April,before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, judges of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, and now under sentence of death, in the solitary cells of the pentitentiary house of the city and county of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1800] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/40025744/>.