Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak.
| Uniform Title: | Early American imprints.
First series ; no. 39752. |
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| Language: | English |
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[New London, Conn.?] :
[Printed by Timothy Green?],
[1721]
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| Series: | Early American imprints.
no. 39752. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Format: | Microfilm Book |
| Note: | Verse of thirty-six lines; first line: Long did Euphrates make us glad. Signed and dated: January 15. 1719,20. S.S. [i.e., Samuel Sewall]. Followed by another poem, entitled, Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb; first line: And is old Merrymak come to an end? Signed and dated, "Extempore, March 10, 1720,21. Anthropos." Attributed to John Winthrop, of New-London, by M. Halsey Thomas in The diary of Samuel Sewall, New York, 1973, volume 2, pages 1100-1101. According to Sewall's diary, an earlier edition of his poem was printed on February 8, 1720/21. No copy is known. Imprint suggested by Johnson. Printed side by side on sheet; possibly intended to be separated. Microform. |
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| Call Number: | 1 Microprint 1st Ser. no.39752 |
| References: |
Bristol B613.
Shipton & Mooney 39752.
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 480.
Johnson, H.A. New London, 137.
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 357. |
| Reproduction Note: |
Microopaque. Worcester, Mass. : American Antiquarian Society, 1955-1983. 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 39752). |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- New London. |