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A funeral elegy, on the Revd. and renowned George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess of Huntington, &c: Who departed this life at Newbury-Port, on Sabbath morning the 30th day of September, 1770. AEt 56

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Year:
1770
Contributor:
Kneeland, John, 1729-1795 (printer)
Adams, Seth, 1740-1782 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Whitefield, George > 1714-1770 > Poetry
Death in poetry
Wood-engraving, American > 18th century
Local ID:
HB14603
Extent:
1 broadside : ill. ; 40 x 25 cm.
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Printed in two columns divided by thick black line; within mourning border with memento mori (Reilly 31) centered on top; title and colophon boxed.
Two angel type-ornaments (Reilly 726) at end of text in second column.
At bottom, within two thick lines: Boston: Printed and sold at the Printing-Office in Milk-Street. MDCCLXX.
Internal evidence of woodcuts and address may indicate the firm of John Kneeland and Seth Adams as printers.

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"A funeral elegy, on the Revd. and renowned George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess of Huntington, &c: Who departed this life at Newbury-Port, on Sabbath morning the 30th day of September, 1770. AEt 56 " (1770). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:708959/

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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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