May 28th. 1706. To my worthy friend, Mr. James Bayley, living (if living) in Roxbury. [electronic resource] : A poem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noyes, Nicholas, 1647-1717.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bayley, James, 1650-1707.

Bayley, James.

Genre:

Single sheet verse.

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1707.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet )

Other Title:

May 28th. 1706. To my worthy friend, Mr. James Bayley, living

To my worthy friend, Mr. James Bayley ...

Place of Publication:

[Boston? : s.n, 1707?]

Notes:

Verse of 132 lines, concerning Bayley's last illness, which resulted in his death on January 18, 1707. First line: My old companion! and my friend! - Signed: Nicholas Noyes.

The New-York Historical Society copy has a ms. note by Samuel Sewall: "Printed July 30, 1707." Possibly printed earlier, as Sewall mentions a copy of the poem in his diary entry for July 29, 1707. Cf. Sewall, Samuel. The diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729, ed. by M. Halsey Thomas, New York, 1973, v. 1, p. 570-571.

Text in two columns.

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

Bristol, B309

Shipton & Mooney, 39456

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 307

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 286

English Short Title Catalog, W26093.

OCLC:

511135650