A Funeral elegy, occasioned by the tragedy, at Salem near Boston, on Thursday afternoon, the seventeenth of June, 1773 : at which time the ten following persons, seven women and three men were drowned, having been out on a party of pleasure.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : Printed by E. Russell, next the cornfield, Union Street, near the market. (Pr. 3 cop.), [1773] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42442. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse of fifteen numbered stanzas within a mourning border, with a cut of ten initialled coffins at head; first line: Awake, my muse, and tune the song. |
| General note | A lengthy note at the foot of the sheet is signed: A friend to the deceased. |
| General note | Text in two columns. |
| References | Bristol B3565 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 42442 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1681 |
| 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. 42442). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |