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A mournful lamentation for the sad and deplorable death of Mr. Old Tenor, [electronic resource] : 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.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Money--Massachusetts--Songs and music.
- Money.
- Paper money--Massachusetts--Songs and music.
- Paper money.
- Massachusetts--Economic conditions--Anecdotes.
- Massachusetts.
- Old Tenor.
- Genre:
- Single sheet verse.
- Broadsides.
- Satires.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet )
- Other Title:
- Mournful lamentation for the sad and deplorable death of Mr. Old Tenor,
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston] : Sold at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston [by Thomas Fleet] ., [1750]
- 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.
- 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.
- OCLC:
- 511140699
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