A mournful lamentation for the sad and deplorable death of Mr. Old Tenor, [electronic resource] : a native of New-England, who, after a long confinement, by a deep and mortal wound which he received above twelve months before, expired on the 31st day of March, 1750. He lived beloved, and died lamented. To the mournful tune of, Chevy-Chace.

Chevy Chase (Tune)

[Boston] : Sold at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston [by Thomas Fleet] ., [1750]

United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

English

1 sheet ; ?⁰.

Verse, in twelve stanzas, lamenting, in a satirical fashion, the withdrawal from circulation of certain issues of paper currency in Massachusetts. First line: A doleful tale prepare to hear.
Attributed to Joseph Green by Evans, Ford, and Wegelin. Cf. Sibley's Harvard graduates, v. 8, p. 42-53.
Advertised in the April 2, 1750, issue of the Boston evening post: This day is published, and sold by T. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill.
Text in two columns; surrounded by mourning border.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

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Evans, 6512
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 915
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 187
English Short Title Catalog, W26280.

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