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A True and particular narrative of the late tremendous tornado, or hurricane, at Philadelphia and New-York, on Sabbath-Day, July 1, 1792 : when several pleasure-boats were lost in the harbor of the latter, and thirty men, women and children, (taking their pleasure on that sacred day) were unhappily drowned in Neptune's raging and tempestous [sic] element.

Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by E. Russell, next the Stump of Lib. Tree. (Pr. six pence.) Where may be had, Mary and Martha, &c., [1792]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 24864
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 24864. ^A478749
General noteAccounts of the storm, printed in two columns, dated Philadelphia, July 2, 1792 and New-York, July 4. Followed by forty-four numbered stanzas of verse, in four columns; first line: Ye giddy youth, attend the call.
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
General noteWith numerous relief cuts, including twenty coffins at head of title.
References Evans 24864
References Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2671
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 804
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 24864).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1792.
Other titleYe giddy youth, attend the call.

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