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, recto

Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1775-1783

[New Haven, Conn.?]

[Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green?]

1776-01-01
[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. New-York Historical copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813. References Evans 14887. Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 633.

Broadsides -- SY1776 no.38
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Death--Poetry

Pierson, John, 1745?-1776

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