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A Few thoughts compos'd on the sudden & awful death of Mrs. Fessenden : wife of Mr. Nathanael Fessenden, of Cambridge, who was shot May 30, 1770.

Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold in Milk-Street [by John Kneeland and Seth Adams], 1770.
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42089
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42089. ^A478749
General noteVerse in twenty-two numbered stanzas; first line: I pray all people lend an ear.
General noteJohn Kneeland and Seth Adams printed at this address in 1770.
General noteAn account of Mrs. Fessenden's accidental death was published in the June 4, 1770, issue of the Boston gazette. Cf. Winslow, Ola. American broadside verse, New Haven, 1930, p. 46.
General noteText in two columns; relief cut of a coffin in midst of title.
References Bristol B3180
References Shipton & Mooney 42089
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1518
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42089).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formElegies.
Other titleI pray all people lend an ear.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 42089 ✔ Available