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A Funeral elegy, occasioned by the tragedy, at Salem near Boston, on Thursday afternoon, the 17th of June, 1773 : at which time the following persons, 7 women and 3 men were drowned, having been out on a party of pleasure.

Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Salem, Mass.] : [Printed by Samuel & Ebenezer Hall], [1773]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 12777. ^A478749
General noteVerse of fifteen numbered stanzas (the last misnumbered XVI) within a mourning border, with a cut of ten initialled coffins at head; first line: Awake, my muse, and tune the song.
General noteA lengthy note at the foot of the sheet is signed: A friend to the deceased.
General noteAscribed to the press of Samuel & Ebenezer Hall by Evans.
General noteText in two columns.
References Evans 12777
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1680
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., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 12777).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formElegies.

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