Profit and loss : an elegy upon the decease of Mrs. Mary Gerrish, late vertuous wife of Mr. Samuel Gerrish, and daughter of the Honourable Judge Sewall. Who on Novemb. 17. 1710. the night after publick thanksgiving, entred on the celebration of triumphant hallelujahs, to her profit, and our loss. Aged 19. years & 20. days.
| Author/creator | Danforth, John |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1710] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39502. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse of 104 lines; first line: Mary, the Blessed Virgins name. |
| General note | Signed: Moestus Composuit J.D. Generally attributed to John Danforth. |
| General note | Text in two columns surrounded by mourning border; woodcut (Reilly 18) at head. |
| References | Bristol B356 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 39502 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 326 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 103 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 39502). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |