Funeral elegy sacred to the memory of Capt. John Askins [i.e., Atkins]
Subtitle: of the sloop Lucy, bound from Penobscot to Boston, with thirteen other persons ... who were unfortunately drowned or perished with hunger and cold, by the melancholy tragedy, at Lovell's-Island, in the harbour of Boston; occasioned by a most tremendous snow-storm, which happened on Saturday, Dec. 9, 1786 ..
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49610
Publisher: E. Russell, pr. next Lib. Pole.
Published: 1786
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Atkins, John, -- d. 1786; Drowning -- Massachusetts -- Boston; Drowning -- Poetry; Boating accidents -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Notes: Verse in twenty-six numbered stanzas; first line: Let joyful themes flee far away

Preceded by an account of the tragedy, including the names of those who perished. In contemporary newspaper accounts, the spelling "Atkins" predominates

Elegy in three columns; printed area, including relief cuts of fourteen coffins at head of title, measures 33.5 x 19.5 cm

Not in Evans or Bristol

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49610)