An Elegy occasioned by the sudden and awful death of Mr. Nathanael Baker of Dedham
Subtitle: a young man just upon the point of marriage. And son to Lieutenant John Baker. He fell from his horse on Monday night the 7th of May, 1733. and died the Wednesday following. Ætat 27
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 40017
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1733
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Other titles: Come Melpomene, sing thou tragic Muse.
Notes: Verse of sixty-nine lines; first line: Come Melpomene, sing thou tragic Muse.

Text in two columns surrounded by mourning border; woodcut at head, with the words "Memento mori. Remember death." (Reilly 18) Printed area measures 30.8 x 18.9 cm.

Baker was to have married Margret Fisher, daughter of John Fisher of Dedham.

Bristol B898

Shipton & Mooney 40017

Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 624

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 557