Devastation by the "King of Terrours," in the family of Mr. Jeremiah Sandborn, &c. of Sandbornton, in the year 1798, &c. / By James Cate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cate, James, 1728-1813, author.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 35286.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanborn, Jeremiah, 1739-1823.

Sanborn, Jeremiah.

Sanborn, Miriam, 1742-1798.

Sanborn, Miriam.

Coley, Anna, 1731-1798.

Coley, Anna.

Sanborn, Anna Wadleigh, 1776-1799.

Sanborn, Anna Wadleigh.

Sanborn family.

Sanbornton (N.H.)--History.

Sanbornton (N.H.).

Genre:

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1799.

Physical Description:

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

Place of Publication:

[Exeter, N.H.] : Printed by J.L. [id est, John Lamson] for the author., [1799]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Poem in 43 numbered stanzas; first line: As I lay slumbering on my bed. Signed: To Mr. Jeremiah Sandborn. From your affectionate friend, James Cate. February 12, 1799.

"The number of deaths in Sandbornton, in the year 1798, (within 12 months) is 35--twenty-five adults, & ten children; 19 of this number were women--six of whom left infants. Among the many inflicted families, I shall mention one in particular, viz. Mr. Jeremiah Sandborn's;--he buried his wife, his sister (the widow Anna Coley) and his daughter, all of whom died of a fever. ..."

Text in four columns, preceded by three woodcut coffins.

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 35286).

Cited in:

Evans 35286

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 61

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