A Narrative OF AN APPARITION Which a Gentleman in Boston, had of his Brother, just then Murdered in London.

A Narrative OF AN APPARITION Which a Gentleman in Boston, had of his Brother, just then Murdered in London.

IT was, on the Second of May in the Year 1687 that a most ingenious, accomplished and well-disposed young Gentleman, Mr. Joseph Beacon, by Name, about Five a clock in the Morning, as he lay, whether Sleeping or Waking he could not say, (but judged the latter of them,) had a View of his Brother then at London, altho' he was now himself at Our Boston, distanced from him a Thousand ⟨p. 80⟩Leagues. This his Brother appeared unto him, in the Morning, about five a Clock at Boston, having on him a Bengal Gown, which he usually wore▪ with a Napkin Tied about his Head; His Countenance was very Pale, Ghastly, Deadly, and he had a Bloody Wound On one Side of hi• Forehead! Brother! Answered the Apparition. Said Joseph, What's the matter, Brother! How came you here! The Apparition replied, Brother, I have been most Barbarously and Injuriously Butchered, by • Debauched, Drunken Fellow, to whom I never di• •ny wrong in my life. Whereupon he gave a particular Description of the Murderer; adding▪ Brother, This Fellow, changing his Name, is attempting to come cover unto New-England, in Foy or Wild; I would pray you, on the first Arrival of •i•her of these, to get an Order from the Governor, to seize the person, whom I have now described; and then do you Indict him for the Murder of […] your Brother: I'll Stand by you, and prove the Indictment. And so he vanished. Mr. Beacon was extremely astonished at what he had seen and heard; and the People of the Family not only observed an extraordinary Alteration upon him, for the Week following, but have also given me under their Hands a full Testimony, that he then gave them an Account of this Apparition.