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A poem, descriptive of the terrible fire, which made such shocking devastation in Boston, on the evening of Friday, April 21, 1787 : in which were consumed one house of worship, of which the Rev. Ebenezer Wight was pastor, and upwards of one hundred dwelling-houses and other buildings ... /

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Main Author:	H. W.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Boston] : Sold [by Ezekiel Russell] at the office next Liberty-Pole, 1787]
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 45139.
Subjects:	Fires > Massachusetts > Boston. Fires > Poetry. Poems > 1787. Broadsides.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition

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