The awful death of a sea captain: His dying warning to his friends and shipmates. Who died with the spotted fever in a southern state in 1809. Taken from the mouth of a young preacher, to whom he told his experience on the day of his ordination in Buxton, May 16, 1811

Poetry. Printed in three columns divided by single lines. Wood-engraving of man at left of title and of devil and angel standing over four gamblers at right. Printed area measures: 26.0 x 18.9 cm. Poem in 41 numbered four-line stanzas. At end of text: Composed by the author of the Mournful song. Author's name not on item, but Shaw wrote A mournful song on the death of the wife and child of Mr. Nathaniel Knights; other broadsides by him were printed in Maine. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. First line: Good people all, both great and small.