A mournful lamentation for the sad and deplorable death of Mr. Old Tenor : a native of New-England, who, after a long confinement, by a deep and mortal wound which he received above twelve months before, expired on the 31st day of March, 1750. He lived beloved, and died lamented. To the mournful tune of, Chevy-Chace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Joseph, 1706-1780.

Contributor:

Fleet, Thomas, 1685-1758, printer.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old Tenor.

Money--Massachusetts--Songs and music.

Money.

Paper money--Massachusetts--Songs and music.

Paper money.

Economic conditions.

Massachusetts--Economic conditions--Anecdotes.

Massachusetts.

Genre:

Single sheet verse.

Broadsides.

Satires.

Songs.

Anecdotes.

Songs and music.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ; ?⁰

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Sold at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston [by Thomas Fleet] ., [1750]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Verse, in twelve stanzas, lamenting, in a satirical fashion, the withdrawal from circulation of certain issues of paper currency in Massachusetts. First line: A doleful tale prepare to hear.

Attributed to Joseph Green by Evans, Ford, and Wegelin. Cf. Sibley's Harvard graduates, v. 8, p. 42-53.

Advertised in the April 2, 1750, issue of the Boston evening post: This day is published, and sold by T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill.

Text in two columns; surrounded by mourning border.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 6512

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 915

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 187

English Short Title Catalog, W26280.

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