The shipwreck. A sentimental and descriptive poem. In three cantos. By William Falconer, an English sailor. [Two lines in Latin from Virgil, with two line English translation]

People / Organizations

• William Falconer (Author)

Imprint

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Prichard & Hall, in Market Street, near Front Street, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]

Publication year

1788-1788

ESTC No.

W22245

Grub Street ID

332064

Description

123,[1]p. ; 18⁰

Note

"Occasional elegy."--p. 101-103.

"The shipweck. Occasioned by the loss of the Halsewell East-Indiaman."--p. [104]-105.

"The storm, a poem. Descriptive of the late tempest, which raged with such destructive fury throughout the southern parts of North-America, in July, 1788. By a citizen of Philadelphia."--p. [107]-123. By Peter Markoe.

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