A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, May 19, 1780

A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, May 19, 1780.

Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1780 and not after 1810]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 26 x 18 cm.
Subject(s)	Curiosities and wonders--Poetry. Disasters--Religious aspects --Poetry. Forest fires--New England. Repentance--Poetry.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43798 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43798. ^A478749
General note	Verse in twenty-two stanzas; first line: Let us adore, and bow before, the sovereign Lord of might.
General note	The darkness which extended over much of New England was presumably the result of smoke and ashes from a forest fire, trapped in the atmosphere by excessive moisture. Cf. Bumgardner, G.B. American broadsides, 1971, no. 57.
General note	Imprint dates suggested by content and typography.
General note	Text in two columns; printed area measures 22.0 x 12.6 cm.
General note	Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.
References	Bristol B5085
References	Shipton & Mooney 43798
References	Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 586
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43798).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Poems 1780.
Other title	Let us adore, and bow before, the sovereign Lord of might.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 43798	✔ Available