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Poetical meditations : being the improvement of some vacant hours, / by Roger Wolcott, Esq; ; with a preface by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley of Colchester.

Author/creator Wolcott, Roger, 1679-1767
Other author/creatorBulkley, John, 1679-1731.
Other author/creatorDewey, Joseph.
Other author/creatorEdwards, Timothy, 1669-1758, dedicatee.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew London [Conn.] : Printed and sold by T. Green, 1725.
Description4 unnumbered pages, lvi, ii, 78 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2722. ^A478749
General noteThe preface is largely a disquisition on the right of the North American Indians to their lands.
General noteDedicated to Timothy Edwards.
General note"The first volume of verse printed in Connecticut. Joseph Dewey, a maker of woolen cloth in Colchester ... bore the expense of printing the edition on condition of inserting his advertisement, of three pages at the end."--Evans.
General note"Errata."--p. [79].
References Evans 2722
References Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1696
References Johnson, H.A. New London, 207
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 465
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. 2722).
Genre/formPoems 1725.

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