An elegy [...] the memory of Mason and Alpheus, sons of Mr. Elisha Hale, of Douglas
Subtitle: who were drowned, July 3, 1790, one in the 22d, the other in the 17th year of his age
By: By Samuel Webster, Sutto[n ...]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 46100
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1810
Place of publication: Worcester, Mass.?
Language: eng
Subjects: Drowning; Poetry
Other titles: What solemn news is this we hear.
Notes: Verse; first line: What solemn news is this we hear.

Erroneously attributed to the Rev. Samuel Webster (1718-1796) by Bristol and Shipton & Mooney, who date this [1790]. Although the drownings occurred in 1790, typographical evidence suggests that the broadside was printed well after that date. Perhaps printed at nearby Worcester, Mass.

The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is a mutilated fragment, lacking lower half of sheet. Text in two columns; printed area measures 13.3+ x 15.5 cm.

The words "By Samuel Webster, Sutto[n ...]" are printed at right angles to the text, between the two columns.

Bristol B7617

Shipton & Mooney 46100

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2569