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To the inhabitants of Newburyport : Friends and fellow-candidates for eternal felicity, While by the goodness of Providence we exist in the year 1793 ... I humbly conceive that 'tis not amiss for us to drop a tear to the memory of a number of our worthy former companions ... On the death of Capt. Thomas Newman [and twelve others] ... The above men were drowned in the year 1792, when belonging to Newburyport vessels. An elegiac epistle, to the widows of such of these men as had wives at the time of their death.

Author/creator Plummer, Jonathan, 1761-1819
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Newburyport, Mass.] : [Printed by John Mycall], [1793]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 58 x 46 cm
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 26011. ^A478749
General noteVerse in 108 lines; first line: Fair ladies let a friendly swain.
General noteIntroductory lines signed: Jonathan Plumer [variously, Plummer], Jun'r.
General noteFollowed by: The author's last will and testament.
General noteImprint supplied by Evans.
General noteText in five columns; printed area, including relief cuts of thirteen coffins at head, measures 51.9 x 38.9 cm.
General noteEvans notes twelve coffins at head and the misspelling of the word conceive in the title. However, both copies recorded by Evans and that held by the American Antiquarian Society have thirteen coffins (the 13th is missing from the torn copy held by the New York Historical Society) and the correct spelling of conceive.
References Evans 26011
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2697A
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. 26011).
Genre/formElegies.
Genre/formBroadsides.
Other titleElegiac epistle to the widows ...

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