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Poetical meditations : being the improvement of some vacant hours, / by Roger Wolcott, Esq; ; with a preface by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley of Colchester.

Author/creator Wolcott, Roger, 1679-1767
Other author/creatorBulkley, John, 1679-1731.
Other author/creatorDewey, Joseph.
Other author/creatorEdwards, Timothy, 1669-1758, dedicatee.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoNew London [Conn.] : Printed and sold by T. Green, 1725.
Description4 unnumbered pages, lvi, ii, 78 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2722
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2722. ^A478749
General noteThe preface is largely a disquisition on the right of the North American Indians to their lands.
General noteDedicated to Timothy Edwards.
General note"The first volume of verse printed in Connecticut. Joseph Dewey, a maker of woolen cloth in Colchester ... bore the expense of printing the edition on condition of inserting his advertisement, of three pages at the end."--Evans.
General noteSignatures: a-c⁸ d⁴ e² B-E⁸ F-G⁴ H².
General note"Errata."--p. [79].
References Evans 2722
References Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1696
References Johnson, H.A. New London, 207
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 465
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 2722).
Genre/formPoems 1725.

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