An Elegy occasioned by the sudden and awful death of Mr. Nathanael Baker of Dedham : a young man just upon the point of marriage. And son to Lieutenant John Baker. He fell from his horse on Monday night the 7th of May, 1733. and died the Wednesday following. Ætat 27.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1733] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 34 x 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40017. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse of sixty-nine lines; first line: Come Melpomene, sing thou tragic Muse. |
| General note | Text in two columns surrounded by mourning border; woodcut at head, with the words "Memento mori. Remember death." (Reilly 18) Printed area measures 30.8 x 18.9 cm. |
| General note | Baker was to have married Margret Fisher, daughter of John Fisher of Dedham. |
| References | Bristol B898 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 40017 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 624 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 557 |
| 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. 40017). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
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