A Mournful tragedy. : Giving an account of the shocking and unprecedented catastrophe, which happened at Dedham, the 18th day of May, 1801, between Mr. Jason Fairbanks, aged 21, and Miss Eliza Fales, of 19. Both of respectable families.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 964.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairbanks, Jason, 1780-1801.

Fairbanks, Jason.

Fales, Elizabeth, -1801.

Fales, Elizabeth.

Crime--Massachusetts--Dedham.

Crime.

Murder--Massachusetts--Dedham.

Murder.

Massachusetts--Dedham.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1801.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 31 x 19 cm

Place of Publication:

[Boston or Dedham, Mass.?] : [publisher not identified], [1801]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Verse of fifty-eight lines; first lines: Good people all pray lend an ear, and you shall solemn tidings hear.

Another issue has variant wood cut and a note, dated May 30, added at foot.

Text in two columns separated and surrounded by mourning border; relief cut of a coffin; printed area measures 28.6 x 16.5 cm.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 964).

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