The awful malignant fever at Newburyport, in the year 1796
List of those who died (First lines: Miss Flood, Mr. Davis Lamber, Miss Hannah Cilley -- Elegiac epistle (First line: Daughters of Eve and sons of men) -- A short account of the ravages of the Yellow Fever, at Newburyport, in the year 1796 (First line: Although the execution done by this disorder) -- Invitation to the inhabitants of Newburyport, who have fled to the country, on account of the malignant fever (First line: The dreadful fever is no more) Prose and poetry. Printed in four columns Cuts of 44 coffins in 2 rows at head At head of text: An elegiac epistle to the mourners, on the death of forty four persons, who died of a malignant fever in Newburyport and the adjacent towns, in the summer and autumn of the year 1796--Together with a short account of that alarming disorder--by Jonathan Plummer, jun. At end of text below double rule: Printed for and sold by the author--Price 4 1/2 d Short poem included in A short account, beginning: You're welcome to the blissful shore.
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