A new touch on the times : Well adapted to the distressing situation of every sea-port town. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 43671. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse of eighty-four lines, describing the severe economic conditions which existed in Marblehead and other coastal towns between 1776 and 1780; first line: Our best beloved they are gone. Author from final couplet: Molly Gutridge composition ... "Probably printed by Ezekiel Russell ..."--Tapley. Salem imprints, page 333. One of the cuts illustrating this broadside poem was also included in the Downfall of justice (Evans 14740) printed by Russell in 1776. Dated [1778] by Tapley, [1779] by Ford, and [1779?] by Bristol. In 1779 Russell was printing at Danvers, Mass. Text in two columns; printed area measures 31.8 x 18.9 cm. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 33 x 21 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Danvers. |