The Met CollectionSearch ArtEngland's Warning Piece; Shewing the Supreme and Indispensable Authority of the Laws of God; and the Impiety , and Fatal Consequences of Screening, and Abetting Murder. A Sermon Occasioned by the Untimely Death of Mr. William Allen, the Younger, Who was Most Inhumanly Murdered near his Father's House, by an Arbitrary Military Power, on Tuesday, the 10th of May, 1768. Preached at the Request of his Friends, in the Parish Church of Newington-Butts, and published in compliance withe the demands of the Publick.

England's Warning Piece; Shewing the Supreme and Indispensable Authority of the Laws of God; and the Impiety , and Fatal Consequences of Screening, and Abetting Murder. A Sermon Occasioned by the Untimely Death of Mr. William Allen, the Younger, Who was Most Inhumanly Murdered near his Father's House, by an Arbitrary Military Power, on Tuesday, the 10th of May, 1768. Preached at the Request of his Friends, in the Parish Church of Newington-Butts, and published in compliance withe the demands of the Publick.

Author John Free British

Publisher William Bingley British

Publisher Sold by Mrs. Shepherd British

1768

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Title: England's Warning Piece; Shewing the Supreme and Indispensable Authority of the Laws of God; and the Impiety , and Fatal Consequences of Screening, and Abetting Murder. A Sermon Occasioned by the Untimely Death of Mr. William Allen, the Younger, Who was Most Inhumanly Murdered near his Father's House, by an Arbitrary Military Power, on Tuesday, the 10th of May, 1768. Preached at the Request of his Friends, in the Parish Church of Newington-Butts, and published in compliance withe the demands of the Publick.
Author: John Free (British, 1711–1791)
Publisher: William Bingley (British, 1738–1799)
Publisher: Sold by Mrs. Shepherd (British, active 1768–69) where the murder was committed
Date: 1768
Medium: Text only: letter press
Dimensions: 8 1/16 x 4 3/4 in. (20.4 x 12 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Object Number: 24.90.1905(2)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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