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]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 39502. ^A478749
General noteVerse of 104 lines; first line: Mary, the Blessed Virgins name.
General noteSigned: Moestus Composuit J.D. Generally attributed to John Danforth.
General noteText 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 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. 39502).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formElegies.

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