Funeral elegy sacred to the memory of Capt. John Askins [i.e., Atkins] : of the sloop Lucy, bound from Penobscot to Boston, with thirteen other persons ... who were unfortunately drowned or perished with hunger and cold, by the melancholy tragedy, at Lovell's-Island, in the harbour of Boston; occasioned by a most tremendous snow-storm, which happened on Saturday, Dec. 9, 1786.

Format Electronic
Publication Info[Boston] : E. Russell, pr. next Lib. Pole, [1786]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 36 x 22 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 49610. ^A478749
General noteVerse in twenty-six numbered stanzas; first line: Let joyful themes flee far away.
General notePreceded by an account of the tragedy, including the names of those who perished. In contemporary newspaper accounts, the spelling "Atkins" predominates.
General noteElegy in three columns; printed area, including relief cuts of fourteen coffins at head of title, measures 33.5 x 19.5 cm.
General noteNot in Evans or Bristol.
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. 49610).
Genre/formElegies.
Genre/formBroadsides.

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