The following lines were occasioned by the death of Richard Brown, Samuel Brown, John King & Peter Brown : who belonged to Oyster-Ponds on Long-Island, and were all drowned by the over-setting of their boat, as they were attempting a passage from East-Hampton, to the Oyster-Ponds, March 9th, 1770.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Buell, Samuel, 1716-1798
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 11591. Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 42092.
Subjects:	Brown, Richard, > -1770. Brown, Samuel, > -1770. Brown, Peter, > -1770. King, John, > -1770. Drowning victims > New York (State) > Long Island. Drowning > Poetry. Broadsides. Elegies.
Online Access:	Evans Digital Edition Evans Digital Edition

Description
Item Description:	Verse in three parts, each containing twelve numbered stanzas. Titles: Part I. Incentives to sympathy. Part II. Persuasives to submission. Part III. Motives to preparation for death. Dated: East-Hampton, ex meo musæo, March 20th, 1770. Attributed to Samuel Buell, Minister of the church at East Hampton, by Evans. Advertised in the April 6, 1770, issue of the New-London gazette as "Just published by T. Green." Text in three columns surrounded by mourning border. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:	United States -- Connecticut -- New London.