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University of Michigan William L. Clements Library

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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[ca. 1830s-1840s?] . AMs; s.l. [Massachusetts or New Hampshire?].

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Box 1
Abstract:
Collection of elegies and poems on death. Titles include “On the death of Miss Mary Tucker who died at Roxbury June 1823 aged sixteen years,” Instructions from Scripture, “A Ballad Commemorating the fall of the Bradleys Peters, Beans, and Lufkins the 14th August 1764,” Friendships Farewell, “Beauty and Virtue, a Contrast,” Epitaph on Mary Scott, Mrs. Hallers Solemn Song, and “lines written to Mrs. Abigail Waters on the death of her husband.” Also includes a verse copied from the Grecian poet Sappho and a list of deaths between 1836 and 1839. List of deaths includes Mr. James Davis hanging himself. Includes descriptions of violence between Native Americans and (presumably) white Americans, with a Native man being murdered leading to a retributive massacre.
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12 pages

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