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A Mournful tragedy : Giving an account of the shocking and unprecedented catastrophe, which happened at Dedham, the 18th day of May, 1801, between Mr. Jason Fairbanks, aged 21, and Miss Eliza Fales, of 19. Both of respectable families.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Boston or Dedham, Mass.?] : [publisher not identified], [1801]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 31 x 19 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 964. ^A575643
General noteVerse of fifty-eight lines; first lines: Good people all pray lend an ear, and you shall solemn tidings hear.
General noteAnother issue has variant wood cut and a note, dated May 30, added at foot.
General noteText in two columns separated and surrounded by mourning border; relief cut of a coffin; printed area measures 28.6 x 16.5 cm.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 964
References McDade, T.M. Murder, 296
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 964).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1801.

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