United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Poetry

Verse of forty-two lines; first line: Mourn, Yankey, mourn, the dreaded loss deplore. The New-York Historical Society copy is dated in a contemporary hand: New York, July 26th, 1774 P.M. (probably in reference to Peggy Mullin [i.e. Mullen?], the subject of the poem's closing verses, a Philadelphia tavern owner and mother of Captain Robert Mullen of the Continental Marines).

Followed by two epitaphs, in verse, "To the memory of Alex. Wedderburne, Esq." and "To the memory of Thomas Hutchinson, Esq." Two initialed woodcut coffins are printed above the verses within the text. Date of publication supplied by Bristol. Text in two columns, separated by ornaments.