On the burning of the Steamer Lexington: when one hundred and fifty souls perished, and only five rescued from the devouring element, in Long Island Sound, on her passage to Stonington, Connecticut, on Monday Evening, 13th of January, 1840

Poem describes fire and sinking of steamboat and blames owners for stowing cotton on deck. Poem describes fire and sinking of steamboat and blames owners for stowing cotton on deck. Printed in two columns. At head of title wood-engraving of steamboat with paddle-wheel inscribed: Lexington. Poem in 14 four-line stanzas. At end of text below rule: Stereotyped, printed, and sold at No. 71 Greenwich Lane, between Perry and Hammond Streets.