A new touch on the times. : Well adapted to the distressing situation of every sea-port town. / By a daughter of liberty, living in Marblehead.

Verse of eighty-four lines- describing the severe shortages and economic conditions which existed in Marblehead and other coastal towns between 1776 and 1780; first line: Our best beloved they are gone. Author from final couplet: Molly Gutridge composition ... "Probably printed by Ezekiel Russell ..."--Tapley. Salem imprints- p. 333. One of the cuts illustrating this broadside poem was also included in the Downfall of justice (Evans 14740) printed by Russell in 1776. Dated [1778] by Tapley- [1779] by Ford- and [1779?] by Bristol. In 1779 Russell was printing at Danvers- Mass. Text in two columns divided by a single rule; printed area measures 31.8 x 18.9 cm. Two woodcut illustrations- the first showing a domestic interior with a seated woman and three children with the figure of Justice with scales in the background- the second showing a woman in a tricorn hat bearing a rifle and powder horn. New-York Historical copy slightly damaged- with some loss of text. References: Bristol B4924; Shipton & Mooney 43671; Ford- W.C. Broadsides- 2161.