An elegy on the death of Mr. Harfield Lyndsey, aged 26 years

Poetry. Printed in two columns within border of type ornaments. Cut of coffin at left of title within border. Poem in 12 stanzas followed by an acrostic with initials spelling Mr Harfield Lyndsey. At end of text: Written by Samuel Dunn, AEt. 91 years 7 months. Imprint information from Howe bibliography in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. 60 (1950), p. 217-223. Solomon Howe, printer, son of Solomon Howe (1750-1835), Baptist minister and author, printed with his brother John (1783-1845) at Greenwich and Enfield, Mass. and published broadsides with his own imprint in the 1830's. Enfield was separated from Greenwich, Mass. and incorporated in 1816. First line: May those who read, please to attend. First line of acrostic: May these few lines be read with serious mind. Not in Checklist Amer. imprints.