A poem, occasioned by the sudden and surprising death of Mr. Asa Burt, of Granville
Subtitle: who was mortally wounded by falling a tree, on the 28th of January, 1774, in the 37th year of his age, and expired in a few hours after he received the wound.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 42673.
Publisher: Sold [by Ebenezer Watson] at the printing-office in Hartford.
Published: 1774
Place of publication: [Hartford]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Burt, Asa, -- 1737-1774.; Broadsides.; Elegiac poetry.
Other titles: Awake my drousy muse within.
Notes: Verse in thirty-four numbered stanzas; first line: Awake my drousy [sic] muse within.

$Asa Burt ... was killed by the falling of a tree. A poem of thirty-four verses was written to commemorate the event by the Rev. Lemuel Haines, a colored preacher.$--Burnham, R.H. Genealogical record of Henry and Ulalia Burt, 1892, p. 63.

Ebenezer Watson was the only printer active at Hartford in 1774.

Text in three columns surrounded by mourning border.

Bristol B3812.

Shipton & Mooney 42673.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42673).