Words of consolation to Mr. Robert Stetson & Mrs. Mary Stetson, his wife : on the death of their son Isaac Stetson, who perished in the mighty waters, November 7th. 1718. Aged 22. Isaac Stetson anagram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitcher, Nathaniel, 1685-1723, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39689.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stetson, Isaac, 1696-1718.

Stetson, Isaac.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Elegies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (relief cut)

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [1718]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Verse in three parts; first line: When the famous patriarch, Abraham of old. Signed: So prays your friend, Nathaniel Pitcher.

Followed by: A sorrowful poem upon that desirable youth Isaac Stetson of Scituate, who was cast-away in a sloop near the mouth of the North-River, in Scituate, the 7th day of November 1718. Anno ætatis suæ 22. ... By a friend. First line: You mournful poets once more dip your quill.

Text in two columns with relief cut of a ship (Reilly 1125) at head of second column.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 39689).

Cited in:

Bristol B548

Shipton and Mooney 39689

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 438

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 308

Contains:

Friend. Sorrowful poem upon that desirable youth Isaac Stetson ...

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