A poem, occasioned by the sudden and surprising death of Mr. Asa Burt, of Granville : who was mortally wounded by falling a tree, on the 28th of January, 1774, in the 37th year of his age, and expired in a few hours after he received the wound.
| Author/creator | Haynes, Lemuel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Hartford] : Sold [by Ebenezer Watson] at the printing-office in Hartford, [1774] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42673. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse in thirty-four numbered stanzas; first line: Awake my drousy [sic] muse within. |
| General note | "Asa Burt ... was killed by the falling of a tree. A poem of thirty-four verses was written to commemorate the event by the Rev. Lemuel Haines, a colored preacher."--Burnham, R.H. Genealogical record of Henry and Ulalia Burt, 1892, p. 63. |
| General note | Ebenezer Watson was the only printer active at Hartford in 1774. |
| General note | Text in three columns surrounded by mourning border. |
| References | Bristol B3812 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 42673 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42673). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |