A dialogue between Death, the Soul, Body, World and Jesus Christ / Composed by Edmond [i.e., Edmund] Weld, formerly of Harvard-College, who removing from hence to Ireland, became a preacher of the gospel there, who upon the meditation of his death (which was so finished the 2d of March, 1668) made this following poem, which was sent hither by his wife, to his relations here.
| Author/creator | Weld, Edmund |
| Other author | Howe, John. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by E. Russell, next Liberty-Pole, for John Howe, of Ringe, (New-Hampshire.), [1787] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 32 x 33 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45203. ^A478749 |
| General note | Dialogue in verse; first line, spoken by Death: Ho, ho prepare to go with me. |
| General note | Several earlier editions of this poem, with varying titles, were printed in America between 1720 and 1763. For the earliest recorded edition, cf. Bristol B575. |
| General note | Advertisement for "Bickerstaff's genuine Boston almanack for 1788" following imprint suggests a printing date late in 1787. |
| General note | Printed area, in four columns with a relief cut (Reilly 1189) at head of first column, measures 28.9 x 31.1 cm. |
| References | Bristol B6637 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 45203 |
| 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. 45203). |
| Genre/form | Poems 1787. |
| Genre/form | Dialogues. |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |