Wednesday January I. 1701. A little before break-a-day at Boston of the Massachusets.
Sewall, Samuel,1652-1730.
[Boston : Printed by Bartholomew Green and John Allen,
1701]
Anonymous. By Samuel Sewall.
Another edition has three stanzas; cf. Ford 250.
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.
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.
In this edition proper nouns are set in small and large capitals.
Printed area measures 27.9 x 14.5 cm.
Verse, in six stanzas, honoring the new century; first line: Once more! Our God, vouchsafe to shine.
ESTC
Evans,
Ford, W.C. Broadsides,