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Green, Thomas1735-1812Green, Samuel1743-1799Pierson, Lydia
Meditations on death: Composed on the death of Mr. John Pierson, junr. of Killingworth, who died April 8th, A.D. 1776; in the thirty-first year of his age. Directed in particular to the bereaved friends Lord Jehovah reigns on high
Lord Jehovah reigns on high
New Haven, Conn.?
Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green?
1776] 1776
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 36 x 14 cm.
Printed in two columns divided by wide black rule. Printed area measures: 30.5 x 12.0 cm. Poem in 36 numbered four-line stanzas. First line: The Lord Jehovah reigns on high. Imprint supplied by Evans. Recorded as a New London imprint by Trumbull and Wegelin, but not recorded by Hazel Johnson in her Checklist of New London, Connecticut, imprints, 1709-1800. N-YHS copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813; fabric lining.
Evans Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry,
Death
Pierson, John1745?-1776
Broadsides.Broadside poems.Elegies.Poems-1776.