Verses, composed on the death of eight young men ... of Newbury, who perished on Plumb-Island beach, April 28th, 1790.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 46084.
Publisher: Printed by John Mycall?
Published: 1790
Place of publication: [Newburyport, Mass.?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Drowning -- Massachusetts -- Plum Island -- Poetry.; Drowning -- Poetry.; Death -- Poetry.; Marine accidents -- Massachusetts -- Plum Island.
Other titles: Who can describe that dismal hour.
Notes: Verse of nineteen stanzas; first line: Who can describe that dismal hour.

Followed by nine additional stanzas of verse addressed "To a parent whose case is singular" (for having lost two sons in the storm described)

Possibly printed at Newburyport by John Mycall, that town's only printer in 1790.

Text in two columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 39.4 x 21.3 cm.

Not in Ford, W.C.  Broadsides.

Bristol B7599.

Shipton & Mooney 46084.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46084)