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An elegy on the departure of General George Washington.

Author/creator Howe, Solomon, 1750-1835
Included WorkHowe, Solomon, 1750-1835. Divine law.
Included WorkHowe, Solomon, 1750-1835. Beautiful infant.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Boston] : Sold by E. Larkin, Cornhill, Boston, [1800]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 33 x 54 cm
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 37659. ^A478749
General noteVerse in twenty numbered stanzas; first line: The Christian hero sinks to rest. Signed and dated: S. Howe. Greenwich, (Mass.) Feb. 22, 1800.
General noteAt head of title: Honoribus laureatus; fletusque omnibus.
General noteText in two columns, within mourning border, on left half of sheet. On right half of sheet, possibly intended to be separated, are two poems, in two columns: The divine law, signed and dated S. Howe. Greenwich, (Mass.) March, 1800; and The beautiful infant, presumably also by S. Howe.
General notePrinted area of entire sheet measures 30.0 x 44.9 cm.
References Evans 37659
References Evans 37658
References Shaw & Shoemaker 439
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. 37659).
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. 37658).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formElegies.
Genre/formPoems 1800.
Other titleHonoribus laureatus; fletusque omnibus.