Carmina Lugubria. : In memoriam dominæ Rebeccæ Croswell, domini Croswell uxoris, nuper denatæ: cum hymno laudis ad redemptorem. / Autore Andreâ Croswell, V.D.M. in Bostonio. …

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

[Boston, Mass.]

[Printed by T. & J. Fleet]

1781-01-01
[1781]

1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 38 x 24 cm

Verse in three numbered stanzas; first line: Pulchra fuit conjux, semper dilecta marito. Followed by a funeral hymn, also in Latin. Erroneously dated [1770] by Evans; [1779] by Ford; and [ca. 1810] by Wegelin. Dated [1781] in Shipley’s Harvard graduates, v. 8, p. 405, based on an advertisement which appeared in the August 9, 1781, issue of the Continental journal: This day published and now selling by T. & J. Fleet ... Carmina Lugubria ... Text in two columns. References: Evans 11617; Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2177; Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 915.

Broadsides -- SY1781 no.26
92202d_SY1781_26.tif

Croswell, Rebecca, d. 1779--Death and burial

broadsides (notices)
elegies
hymns

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