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Ein neues Trauer-Lied : enthaltend die Geschichte der Susanna Cox, die in Reading wegen dem Mord ihres Kindes hingerichtet wurde

Author
Gombert, Johann
Additional Titles
First line: Ach merket auf ihr Menschen all
Published
[Reading, Pa.?] : [publisher not identified], [1809?]
Physical Description
1 sheet ; 42 x 19 cm
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Penn State Shield
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Printed in 32 unnumbered stanzas of four lines each in two columns separated by a wavy rule.
Within an ornamental border with flowers within diamonds.
Printed area measures 40.1 x 15.4 cm.
Attributed to Johann Gombert, a Bern Township schoolmaster who was present at the execution of Susanna Cox on June 10, 1809, in Reading, Pa., for the murder of her newborn child. Several broadside editions of the poem were issued soon after the event. Cf. Homan, Wayne E. "The sorrow song of Susanna Cox," in Pennsylvania folklife (Summer 1971), p. 14-16.
Part Of
Pennsylvania German broadsides and Fraktur, 1750-1979
Index Note
Online finding aid for all Penn State Pennsylvania German broadsides and Fraktur available at https://arks.libraries.psu.edu/ark:/42409/fa87342
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