An elegy [...] the memory of Mason and Alpheus, sons of Mr. Elisha Hale, of Douglas : who were drowned, July 3, 1790, one in the 22d, the other in the 17th year of his age

An elegy [...] the memory of Mason and Alpheus, sons of Mr. Elisha Hale, of Douglas : who were drowned, July 3, 1790, one in the 22d, the other in the 17th year of his age. / By Samuel Webster, Sutto[n ...].

Author/creator	Webster, Samuel
Other author/creator	Webster, Samuel, 1718-1796.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[Worcester, Mass.?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1810 and 1830?]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 14+ x 20 cm
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Hale, Mason, 1769-1790. Hale, Alpheus, 1774-1790. Drowning--Poetry. Drowning--Massachusetts --Douglas.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46100. ^A478749
General note	Verse; first line: What solemn news is this we hear.
General note	Erroneously attributed to the Rev. Samuel Webster (1718-1796) by Bristol and Shipton & Mooney, who date this [1790]. Although the drownings occurred in 1790, typographical evidence suggests that the broadside was printed well after that date. Perhaps printed at nearby Worcester, Mass.
General note	The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is a mutilated fragment, lacking lower half of sheet. Text in two columns; printed area measures 13.3+ x 15.5 cm.
General note	The words "By Samuel Webster, Sutto[n ...]" are printed at right angles to the text, between the two columns.
References	Bristol B7617
References	Shipton & Mooney 46100
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2569
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic 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. 46100).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Elegies.

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