A funeral elegy, occasioned by the tragedy, at Salem : near Boston, on Thursday afternoon the seventeenth of June, 1773; at which time the 10 following persons, seven women and three men were drowned, having been out on a party of pleasure.
| Author/creator |
Friend to the deceased |
| Format | Electronic and Book |
| Publication Info | [Boston?] : [s.n], [1773] |
| Description | 1 sheet : illustrations (relief cut) ; ?⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subject(s) |
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| General note | Verse in fifteen numbered stanzas; first line: Awake, my muse, and tune the song. |
| General note | Note at foot of sheet signed: A friend to the deceased. |
| General note | Text in two columns within mourning borders; relief cut of ten coffins with initials of the dead, at head. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 598 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W35705. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Single sheet verse. |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Elegies. |
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