An hymn, composed by Elder Peleg Burroughs, the 20th of the fifth month, 1780 [electronic resource] ; according to the ability which God gave him, to commemorate the darkness of the preceding day

Author:: Burroughs, Peleg, 1748-1800
Published:: [New York?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1845 and 1851?]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 30 x 22 cm

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'Twas on the nineteenth day of May

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Verse in seventeen numbered stanzas; first line: 'Twas on the nineteenth day of May.
Possibly printed during the years when Ellen G. White preached to disappointed Millerites concerning the Second Advent. Her published writings include references to the Dark Day as one of three signs fulfilling Biblical prophecy, and it is likely that she also referred to the event when she preached.
The American Antiquarian Society copy is inscribed in a contemporary hand: Rye, N.Y. Betsey Berrey.
Text in two columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 21.4 x 15.4 cm.
Not in Checklist Amer. imprints.
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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 6466).

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