Verses made on the sudden death of six young women and one boy, who were drowned, July 13, 1782.

Format Electronic
Publication Info[Newport, R.I.?] : [Printed by Henry Barber?], [1782?]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 37 x 25 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 19443. ^A478749
General noteVerse in twenty-four stanzas; first line: Hark! Hark! and hear the solemn news of late.
General noteAnother edition (Bristol B5616 / Alden 939), with imprint "Newport: Printed by Henry Barber" is textually identical and typographically similar. Alden suggests that both editions may have been printed later than 1782.
General noteRow of seven coffins with proper names in type at head; text in two columns separated by thick rule and surrounded by mourning border; printed area measures 33.7 x 21.3 cm.
References Evans 19443
References Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 938
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 19443).
Genre/formPoems 1782.
Genre/formBroadsides.

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