Father Abbey's will [electronic resource] : To which is now added, A letter of courtship to his virtuous and amiable widow

Author: Seccombe, John, 1708-1792
Published: [Salem, Mass.] : Sold at the printing-office in Salem, [between 1790 and 1799?]
Physical Description: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 36 x 23 cm
Additional Creators: Hubbard, John, 1703-1773

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Evans Digital Edition

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Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49773

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Two poems.
"Father Abbey's will," dated Cambridge, December, 1731, is generally attributed to John Seccombe. First lines: To my dear wife, My joy and life.
"A letter of courtship," dated Newhaven, January 2, 1731 [i.e., 1732, new style], is attributed to John Hubbard of New Haven by Wegelin and others. First lines: Mistress Abbey, To you I fly.
Text in three columns; printed area, including ornamental borders at head and foot, measures 31.3 x 18.8 cm.
Not listed in Charles Evans' American bibliography (Chicago : Blakely Press, 1903-1959) or in Roger Bristol's Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 1970).
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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49773).

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Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 612
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 350

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