Thoughts in prison: in five parts. Viz. The imprisonment, the retrospect, public punishment, the trial, futurity...to which are added, his last prayer, written in the night before his death...with some account of the author
1815 · London
by Dodd, William
London: J. Mawman, Longman, Hurst, Rees [et al.], 1815. 8vo, pp. [2], xvii, [1], 212, [3] ads; contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, smooth gilt-decorated spine with gilt lettering direct; some rubbing along the joints; all else very good. Engraved bookplate of Stoddart Douglas and an early owner's signature, "James Douglas Stoddart," on front free endpaper. Stoddart Douglas was a Liberal Party politician and was elected to Parliament in 1841, serving for 6 years. Dodd, who ran afoul of the law in 1777 for forgery, was condemned and hanged. Johnson interceded and wrote several papers on his behalf, even though they had only met once. A final petition to the King from Dodd was also written by Johnson, "who wrote a very sensible and feeling letter to Dodd himself, and also wrote in his own name an appeal to Jenkinson, the secretary at war" (DNB). (Inventory #: 45174)