Items

Title: 0. Contents
Description: Typed table of contents for The Resurrectionists, supplied by the library of The New York Academy of Medicine.
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 01. Burke, the murderer
Description: Tipped in newspaper clipping concerning the death of Helen M'Dougal, alleged accomplice of Burke and Hare, in New South Wales, Australia.
ID: RM1001P003R00A
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 02. [Autograph letter signed by William Burke and dated January 27, 1829]
Description: Letter handwritten by William Burke while he was in jail awaiting execution.
Language: English
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 10. Elegiac lines on the tragical murder of poor Daft Jamie
Description: Illustrated broadside poem. At head of title is illustration of a barrel with inscription: "Alas! Poor Daft Jamie's pickled." Note at bottom advertising the publication of "A laconic narrative of the life and death of poor Jamie."
Language: English
ID: RM1005P067R00A0
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 11. Elegiac lines on the tragical murder of poor Daft Jamie
Description: Illustrated broadside poem. At head of title is illustration of a barrel with inscription: "Alas! Jamie's pickled." There is an introductory poem following the title that is not present in the first edition. There is a note at bottom advertising the publication of the second edition of "A laconic narrative of the life and death of poor Jamie."
Language: English
ID: RM1005P069R00A0
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 12. Jamie Wilson's mother's dream
Description: Illustrated mounted broadside poem. At head of title is an illustration of an American eagle with the inscription "E. Pluribus Unum," and below that is an illustration of Daft Jamie in a coffin. There is also an introductory poem above the title. At bottom of sheet is a note advertising the second edition of "A laconic narrative of the life and death of James Wilson."
Language: English
ID: RM1005P071R00A0
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 14. Life and transactions of the murderer Burke, and his associates
Description: Illustrated broadside giving an account of the trial of William Burke. Includes a biographical sketch of Burke.
Language: English
ID: RM1006P076R00A0
Collection: The Resurrectionists

Title: 15. Subscription for the benefit of James Gray and his wife : a letter to the editor of the Caledonian Mercury
Description: Letter signed "Candidus." An appeal for donors to sign the subscription books and donate sums of money to the aid of James Gray and his wife, dated "Edinburgh, 15th January, 1829." With an advertisment for "a full and correct report of the trial of Burke and M'Dougal." Advertisement is dated "22 January, 1829." Printed on the recto and verso of a single leaf.
Language: English
Collection: The Resurrectionists