Verses made on the sudden death of six young women and one boy, who were drowned, July 13, 1782.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newport [R.I.] : Printed by Henry Barber, [1782?] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44285. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse in twenty-four stanzas (Alden erroneously describes as 25 stanzas); first line: Hark! Hark! and hear the solemn news of late. |
| General note | Row of seven coffins with proper names in type at head; text in two columns separated by thick rule and surrounded by mourning border. Imprint appears within square brackets at foot, outside border. |
| General note | Alden suggests that the verses may have been printed later than 1782. |
| References | Bristol B5616 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 44285 |
| References | Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 939 |
| 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. 44285). |
| Genre/form | Poems 1782. |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |