The Antigonian and Bostonian beauties; a poem. Occasion'd by seeing the assembly, at St. John's Antigua, on Thursday the 7th of July, and afterwards at Boston, in King-Street. [Three lines from Milton] By W.S. A.B.
Shervington, William,-1763.
Seneca.
Chauncy, Charles,1705-1787.
Shirley, William,1694-1771.
Boston : Printed and sold by D. Fowle in Queen-Street,
[1751?]
"Some thoughts from Seneca; against rash judgement and anger."-- 8 p., 2nd count.
Attributed to William Shervington in: Eames, Wilberforce. "The Antigua press and Benjamin Mecom, 1748-1765." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 38 (1929): 323. Originally printed in Shervington's 'Occasional poems,' Antigua, 1749. Mistakenly attributed to William Shirley by Evans; sometimes attributed to Charles Chauncy.
Date of publication suggested by Eames. Evans suggests 1754 as date of publication.
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Evans,
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry ^DBBc361