Upon the drying up that ancient river, the river Merrymak
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| Language: | English |
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[New London, Conn.? :
Printed by Timothy Green?,
1721]
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| Series: | Early American imprints
no. 39752. |
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| Item Description: | According to Sewall's diary, an earlier edition of his poem was printed on February 8, 1720/21. No copy is known Followed by another poem, entitled, Connecticut's flood, on Merrymak's ebb; first line: And is old Merrymak come to an end? Signed and dated, "Extempore, March 10, 1720,21. Anthropos." Attributed to John Winthrop, of New-London, by M. Halsey Thomas in The diary of Samuel Sewall, New York, 1973, v. 2, p. 1100-1101 Imprint suggested by Johnson Printed side by side on sheet; possibly intended to be separated This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC Verse of thirty-six lines; first line: Long did Euphrates make us glad. Signed and dated: January 15. 1719,20. S.S. [i.e., Samuel Sewall] |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet ([1] p.) |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- New London |