Four poems, one a religious one with note of Bible passages.
Printed area measures: 27.1 x 21.4 cm.
"Death of a wife" is attributed to Erastus Brown of Alford, Mass. who wrote the elegy originally in 1806 upon the death of his wife Esther Brown. The poem "The three friends" is supposed to have been composed by Dartmouth alumni.
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 …
