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Children in the wood: being a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children, of a deceased gentleman of Norfolk, England

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Year:
1810
Contributor:
Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Murder > Poetry
Children > Poetry
Death in poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 19th century
United States > massachusetts > Boston
Local ID:
HB20938 MA
Extent:
1 broadside : ill. ; 24.3 x 20.8 cm.

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Notes:
Printed in three columns.
Wood-engraving of tree at left of title; also used in Coverly's broadside The happy child (cf. Brown Univ. copy HB22806/MA)
Printed area measures: 22.4 x 18.5 cm.
At end of last column below sectional type ornament: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, jun. Theatre Alley.
Boston directories show Coverly first at this address in 1810; variant printed by Coverly was presented to American Antiquarian Society in 1814.

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No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

"Children in the wood: being a true relation of the inhuman murder of two children, of a deceased gentleman of Norfolk, England " (1810). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:267745/

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    Harris Broadsides

    Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of …
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