The following lines were occasioned by the death of Richard Brown, Samuel Brown, John King & Peter Brown
Subtitle: who belonged to Oyster-Ponds on Long-Island, and were all drowned by the over-setting of their boat, as they were attempting a passage from East-Hampton, to the Oyster-Ponds, March 9th, 1770
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 11591; Early American imprints -- no. 42092
Publisher: by Timothy Green
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Printed and sold in New-London [Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Drowning
Notes: Verse in three parts, each containing twelve numbered stanzas. Titles: Part I. Incentives to sympathy. Part II. Persuasives to submission. Part III. Motives to preparation for death. Dated: East-Hampton, ex meo musæo, March 20th, 1770.

Evans attributes to Samuel Buell, minister of the church at East Hampton.

Advertised in the April 6, 1770, issue of the New-London gazette as "Just published by T. Green."

Text in three columns surrounded by mourning border.

Evans 11591

Bristol B3183

Shipton & Mooney 42092

Johnson, H.A. New London, 892

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 1257

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 36