An elegy : On the death of Capt. Annanias Valentine, Thomas Pinckney, Isaac Elliot, Jocamiah Cropsey, and Leonard Merrit, all respectable citizens of the town of Marlborough, who were unfortunately drowned on the flatts, in front of the town, in attempting to go on shore, on Friday morning, the 12th of December, 1800, in a violent storm of wind and rain.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 38624. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse in eighteen stanzas; first line: Come all you good people of ev'ry degree. Another edition (Evans 38625) names Peter Tharp as author, and has imprint: Kingston, (Ulster County) Printed by Samuel S. Freer, (Copy right secured.) That edition includes a prose account of the accident and includes an additional stanza. Text in two columns separated and surrounded by mourning border; relief cuts of five coffins between title and text; printed area measures 28.2 x 21.8 cm. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 30 x 25 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York -- Kingston. |