Wednesday January I. 1701 : A little before break-a-day at Boston of the Massachusets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Year--Poetry.

New Year.

Christian poetry, English--18th century.

Christian poetry, English.

Genre:

Poems.

Single sheet verse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet )

Other Title:

Wednesday January I. 1701

Place of Publication:

[Boston : Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen, 1701]

Notes:

Verse, in six stanzas, honoring the new century; first line: Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to shine.

By Samuel Sewall. His diary entry for Jan. 2, 1700/01, includes three stanzas; cf. The diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729, ed. by M. Halsey Thomas, New York, 1973, v. 1, p. 440-442.

Another edition has three stanzas; cf. Ford 250.

Imprint from Evans, entry 1023. Evans's entry does not indicate the number of stanzas, and may refer to the three- or to the six-stanza edition.

Printed area measures 27.9 x 14.5 cm.

Anonymous. By Samuel Sewall.

In this edition proper nouns are set in small and large capitals.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 1023

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 251

English Short Title Catalog, W29699.

OCLC:

642788299