A funeral elegy upon the much lamented death of that pretious [sic] holy man of God Mr. Thomas Walley : for many years preacher of Gods word in London, and of late the reverend pastor of the Church of Christ in Barnstable in New-England, who departed this life on the Sabbath morning, March. 24th, 1677.8. being newly entred [sic] into the sixty second year of his age.

Author/creator Cotton, John
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston : [by John Foster], 1678.
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 37 x 27 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 39204. ^A478749
General noteVerse; first line: How many hearts do now with tears lament.
General noteSigned: An hearty mourner, J.C.
General noteAttributed to John Cotton (1640-1699) by C.K. Shipton. This supposition is supported by the evidence of Cotton's relationship with Walley. Cf. Whitehill, Walter M. Letters of the Reverend Thomas Walley of Barnstable to the Reverend John Cotton of Plymouth, in the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, new series, v. 58, 1948, p. 247-262.
General noteJohn Foster was the only printer active at Boston from 1675 to 1681.
General noteText in three columns; printed area, including mourning border, measures 26.2 x 36.4 cm.
References Bristol B43
References Shipton & Mooney 39204
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
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. 39204).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formElegies.

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