United States of America. : By his high and mighty laziness Ephraim Eager, captain general and commander in chief, of the Idle Society throughout the United States of America. To [blank] gentleman, Greeting. You being appointed [blank] of an Idle Society in the town of [blank] ... I do by these presents .. commission you accordingly. ... Given under my hand and seal of the society, at Leominster, the [blank] day of [blank] first year of the Idle Society. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Idle Society.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 48892.

Language:

English

Genre:

Broadsides.

Blank forms.

Physical Description:

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

Other Title:

By his high and mighty laziness Ephraim Eager ...

Place of Publication:

[Leominster, Mass.?] : [Printed by Charles Prentiss?], [1799?]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is filled out in manuscript appointing Clark Chandler captain of the Idle Society in Worcester, Mass. Dated the first of November 1799, and signed by Oliver Vose, secretary.

Probably printed by Charles Prentiss, the only printer active at Leominster in Nov. 1799.

Printed area measures 18.2 x 19.3 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 48892).

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Bristol B10820

Shipton and Mooney 48892

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