Some serious thoughts on the frowns of divine providence in the year 1764.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41488.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics--New England.

Epidemics.

Death--Poetry.

Death.

New England.

Providence and government of God.

Genre:

Poetry.

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1764.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page))

Place of Publication:

[Boston?] : [Printed by Thomas and John Fleet?], [1764?]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Verse in thirty-five numbered stanzas; first lines: Good people all, both great and small, I pray you now awake.

Possibly referring to the epidemic of smallpox which afflicted Boston and other New England communities in 1764. Cf. Duffy, John. Epidemics in colonial America, 1953, pages 64-67.

American Antiquarian Society copy 2 has printed on verso: A Dialogue between Death and a lady. ... Printed and sold [by the Fleets] at the Bible and Heart, in Cornhill, Boston, [between 1780 and 1805].

Possibly printed by Thomas and John Fleet who, in 1764, printed at the sign of the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill.

Text in two columns; printed area measures 33.4 x 15.1 cm.

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 41488).

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Bristol B2517

Shipton and Mooney 41488

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