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- Sprague , William B. 1857 . Annals of the American Pulpit New York
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- 1797 . A Sermon Preached at Haddam . . . On the Day of the Execution of Thomas Starr. . . . 20 Middletown
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- Mather , Cotton . 1713 . The Sad Effects of Sin. A True Relation of the Murder Committed by David Wallis. . . . Boston
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- Lawrence , John . 1960 . A History of Capital Punishment 46 New York
- Smith , Stephen . 1796 . Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith a Black Man Who Was Executed At Boston For Burglary Boston
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- Campbell , John . 1738 . After Souls By Death Are Separated From Their Bodies. . . . 3 Boston
- Mather , Cotton . 1713 . The Sad Effects of Sin. . . . Boston
- Merriam , Matthew . 1792 . Sermon Preached to Joshua Abbot. . . . Newburyport
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- 1717 . The Valley of Hinnon. . . . 16 Boston
- Fisher , Nathaniel . 1796 . A Sermon Delivered at Salem . . . Occasioned by the Execution of Henry Blackburn 7 Boston
- West , Stephen . 1788 . A Sermon Preached in Lennox . . . at the Execution of John Bly and Charles Rose. . . . 6 Hudson
- Rogers , John . 1701 . Death the Certain Wages of Sin. . . . 12 Boston
- Graham , Chauncy . 1759 . God Will Trouble the Troublen of His People. . . . 11 – 12 . New York
- 1704 . Faithful Warnings to Prevent Fearful Judgments. . . . 41 47 Boston
- Danforth , Samuel . 1710 . The Woeful Effects of Drunkenness. . . . 27 Boston
- Williams , John . 1699 . Warning to the Unclean. . . . 23 Boston
- Chauncey , Charles . 1754 . The Horrid Nature and Enormous Guilt of Murder. . . . 86 – 27 . Boston
- Hobart , Noah . 1768 . Excessive Wickedness, the Way to an Untimely Death. . . . 19 New Haven
- 1764 . The Blood of Abel and the Blood of Jesus. . . . 20 Boston
- 1738 . Sermon Preached on the Occasion of the Execution of Katrine Garrett. . . . 44 New London
- 1778 . The Guilt of Innocent Blood Put Away. . . . 17 Worcester
- 1790 . The Intent of Capital Punishment . . . 22ff New Haven
- Stillman , Samuel . "Two Sermons . . . Delivered the Lord's Day Before the Execution of Levi Ames . . . 29 – 56 .
- 1773 . A Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, an Indian. . . . 14 New London
- 1773 . Sovreipn Grace Displayed. . . . Boston
- 1797 . A Sermon Preached in Hartford . . . at the Execution of Richard Doan. . . . Hartford
- 1794 . Collection of the Penal Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
- 1787 . Philadelphia Society For Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons 1 – 2 . Philadelphia
- November 1952 . Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science November , 284 125
- Strong , Nathan . 1777 . The Reason and Design of Capital Punishments. . . . Hartford
- Langdon , Timothy . 1798 . A Sermon Preached at Dan‐bury. . . . Danbury
- Fobes , Peres . 1784 . The Paradise of God. . . . Providence
- Hunt , Hollaway . 1796 . A Sermon Preached at the Execution of Matthias Gotleib. . . . Newton
- Blatchford , Samuel . Address at the Gallows . . . . 21
- Sellin , Thorsten , ed. 1952 . Murder and the Penalty of Death: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 284 , 17 Philadelphia
- 1771 . The Ungodly Condemned in Judgment. . . . 24 Boston
- 1768 . The Power and Grace of Christ Displayed to a Dying Malefactor. . . . 25 Boston
The New England execution sermon, 1639–1800
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