Jonathan's courtship

Satirical poem relating the tale of rustic "Jonathan Jolthead's" courtship of "Sally Snapper," the deacon's daughter. Satirical poem relating the tale of rustic "Jonathan Jolthead's" courtship of "Sally Snapper," the deacon's daughter. Printed area measures: 23.7 x 14.6 cm. Caption title. Poetry in 112 lines printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line. This humorous poem was originally written in 1795 by T.G. Fessenden while a student at Dartmouth College (cf. P.G. Perrins"s "Life and works of Thomas Green Fessenden", in: The Maine Bulletin, vol. 28, no. 7, January, 1926, p. 33ff. Possible range of dates suggested by internal evidence, e.g. type and type setting; possibly a Boston imprint. This edition not in Ford, or Shaw & Shoemaker.