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Father Abbey's will.

Author/creator Seccombe, John, 1708-1792
Format Book and Microform
Publication Info[United States] : [publisher not identified], [between 1810 and 1819?]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 27 x 16 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3474
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3474. ^A478749
General notePoem in fourteen stanzas; first lines: To my dear wife, My joy and life.
General noteGenerally attributed to John Seccombe.
General noteReproduced as Evans 3474 in the Readex Early American imprints series. Shipton & Mooney note: Evans assumes that the first broadside printing was in 1731. This is highly improbable. An example of one of the many undated later editions is here reproduced.
General noteText in two columns; printed area, including three relief cuts at head, measures 23.1 x 11.4 cm.
References Shipton & Mooney 3474
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 617
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 350
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 3474).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1810.
Other titleTo my dear wife, my joy and life.

Available Items

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 3474 ✔ Available