Dear friends and brother-sailors all

Poem, in six stanzas; an appeal for charity. At head of text: Tune, I would offer thee this hand of mine. Below text: Having known Anthony K. Simonds for a number of years ... [Printed signature:] Rev. Moses How. July 12, 1859. The needy sailor is sometimes identified as "Anthony K. Simmons." Cf. eds. of the similar broadside appeal with title: Pity the blind. Printed area: 23.1 x 8 cm. Printed within elaborate border of type ornaments on white paper; short rule separates tune title from text, long rule separates text from endorsement.