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- The Death of General Washington having filled the hearts of all the virtuous people in the United States with the sincerest affliction,, we presume our readers will pardon us for presenting them, instead of the common New-Year's address, with the following tribute to the memory of that great, and illustrious friend and father of his country.
- An elegiac poem on the death of General George Washington, commander in chief of the armies of the United States., Who died at Mount Vernon, Virginia, 14th December, 1799, aged 69 years. Dedicated to the citizens of the United States.
- Upon the death of the virtuous and religious Mrs. Lydia Minot,, (the wife of Mr. John Minot of Dorchester;) the mother of five children, who died in child-bed of the sixth; and together therewith was interred January 27. 1667 [1668, new style].
- A Tribute to the memory of Catherine Berrenger,, of the town of Rhinebeck, who fell a victim to death on the 4th day of November ... 1800, by swallowing a potion of arsenic, supposed to be administered to her by John Benner, to whom she was promised in marriage, and who has been confined in the gaol of Poughkeepsie ...
- An Elegy, on the much lamented death of Lawrence Sweeny, Esq; of most facetious memory,, who departed this life at New-York, upon Tuesday April 10, 1770.
- Elegy on the death of the Reverend Jonathan Mayhew, D.D., who departed this life July 9th, Anno Domini, 1766. Aetatis suae 46.
- Meditations on death., Composed on the death of Mr. John Pierson, Junr. of Killingworth, who died April 8th, A.D. 1776; in the thirty-first year of his age. Directed in particular to the bereaved friends.
- The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come,, delivered under the similitude of a dream, in three parts. : Wherein is set forth, I. The manner of his setting out; II. His dangerous journey; and III. His safe arrival at the desired country., By John Bunyan. ; To which is added, the life and death of the author. ; [One line from Hosea]
- An Elegy to the infamous memory of Sr. F--- B-----., [Two lines of Latin quotation]
- A short account of three men that were killed by lightning, at Suffield, viz. Samuel Remington, James Bagg, Jonathan Bagg.
- An Elegiac poem, composed on the never-to-be-forgotten terrible and bloody battle fought at an intrenchment on Bunker-Hill ...
- A funeral sermon :, by James Muir, D.D. Pastor of the Presbyterian congregation in Alexandria.
- The life of General James Wolfe, the conqueror of Canada: or, The elogium of that renowned hero,, attempted according to the rules of eloquence. With a monumental inscription, Latin and English, to perpetuate his memory., By J*** P******, A.M. ; [Two lines in Latin from Seneca]
- Lines, composed by Miss Abigail Buell, Jun. aged sixteen years, daughter of Benjamin Buell, Esq. of Hebron.
- AE. M. S. Eximij pietate, eruditione, prudentia' viri D. Ebenezræ Pembertoni,, apud Bostonienses Americanos prædicatoris vere evangelici. Epitaphium.
- An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. Seaborn Cotton Pastour of the Church of Christ at Hampton in New-England,, who was discharged from his work and office, to be admitted into heaven, April 20th 1686.
- An eulogy on the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esq. late president of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others, in North America; the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; the Agricultural Society; the Society for the Advice of Immigrants; the Boston Chamber of Commerce; and the National Bank in Boston. Who died at Boston, April 8, 1796., Delivered, May 4, 1796, before the several societies to which he belonged., By John Warren.
- The Columbian tragedy:, containing a particular and official account of the brave and unfortunate officers and soldiers, who were slain and wounded in the ever-memorable and bloody Indian battle ... Nov. 4, 1791; between two thousand Americans, belonging to the united army, and near five thousand wild Indian savages, at Miami-Village, near Fort-Washington, in the Ohio-country ...
- A funeral tribute to the honourable dust of that most charitable Christian, unbiassed politician, and unimitable pyrotechnist John Winthrope Esq; a member of the Royal Society, & governour of Conecticut colony in New-England., Who expired in his countreys service. April 6th. 1676.
- A Few thoughts compos'd on the sudden & awful death of Mrs. Fessenden,, wife of Mr. Nathanael Fessenden, of Cambridge, who was shot May 30, 1770.
- Edwin: or The emigrant., An eclogue. : To which are added three other poetical sketches., By the Rev. Mr. Coombe. ; [One line in Latin from Horace]
- An account of the terrible effects of the pestilential infection in the city of Philadelphia., With an elegy on the deaths of the people. : --Also--a song of praise and thanksgiveing [sic]; composed for those who have recovered, after having been smitten with that dreadful contagion., By the Honourable Samuel Stearns, J.U.D. ; [Four lines of Scripture texts]
- A few select poems, composed on various subjects;, especially on the doctrine of free grace;, by William Marsh. ; To which is added, an elegy, on the death of his two sons. ; [Fourteen lines of quotations]
- An Excellent pair of verses, composed on the pious life and death of the late venerable and pious Mrs. Sarah Thayer,, the virtuous consort of the late eminent Mr. Ephraim Thayer, of Braintree, who departed this transitory state, Aug. 19, 1751 ... (Now re-published at the earnest request and for the benefit of her numerous relations, friends and acquaintance, with a view of perpetuating the memory of so worthy a character.)
- An elogy [sic] on the late Francis Barber, Esq; lieutenant colonel commandant of the Second New-Jersey Regiment., By Ebenezer Elmer, surgeon of the regiment. ; [Three lines of quotations]
- Kneeling to God, at parting with friends: or, The fraternal intercessory cry of faith and love:, setting forth and recommending the primitive mode of taking leave, By J. Danforth, Pastor of the Church of Christ in Dorchester. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
- The shipwreck., A poem., By William Falconer. ; [Two lines from Virgil]
- [An] elegy [on the d]eath of the Reverend [Jonath]an Colt[on of] Hebron;, [who departed this life May t]he 7th, 1752. (as he was returning from [London] ... to preach the gospel to a parish of [Hebron in Connecticut, in New Engla]nd); [in the 27th] year of his age.
- Elegiac sonnets,, by Charlotte Smith.
- The Fall of Lucifer,, an elegiac poem on the infamous defection of the late General Arnold. : [Three lines in Latin from Virgil]
- An elegy on the late Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., who died September 30, 1770, in the 56th year of his age., By Charles Wesley, M.A. Presbyter of the Church of England.
- An Elegy on the death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield,, who died at Newbury-Port, on Sunday the 30th of September, 1770. AEtat 56.
- A Poem, in memory of the (never to be forgotten) fifth of March, 1770., On the evening of which, a party of the 29th. regiment commanded by Capt. Preston, fired upon the inhabitants in King-Street, by which five persons were killed viz. Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr.
- Tears dropt at the funeral of that eminently pious Christian, Mrs. Elizabeth Hatch,, the late vertuous wife of Ensign Moses Hatch, of Falmouth, and daughter of the Honourable John Thacher Esq. of Yarmouth, who exchanged Earth for Heaven, May 18th. Anno 1710. in the 33d. year of her age. [One line from Proverbs].
- An eulogy on Mr. Samuel Smith Adams, member of the senior class of Brown University, who died February 6th, 1812--ætat. 22 years--pronounced in the university chapel, April 18, 1812., By Isaac Fisk [i.e., Fiske], classmate of the deceased. ; [Three lines from Ovid] ; Published at the request of the senior class.
- A Funeral elegy upon the death of that excellent and most worthy gentleman John Winthrop Esq., late governour of his majestyes colony of Conecticot; who deceased April, 1676.
- An elegy, on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John,, tutor of Yale College, who was drowned in his passage from New-Haven to Norwalk, May the 5th, 1771.
- To the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield:, by Mr. Charles Wesley.
- Elegy, on the death of General George Washington.
- An eulogy, on the life and character of His Excellency George Washington, Esqr. late president of the United States., Delivered at Lenox, February 22, 1800., By Eldad Lewis, Esquire. ; Published at the request of the audience. ; [One line from Young]
- An elegy, to Miss. Mary Moorhead, on the death of her father, the Rev. Mr. John Moorhead.
- An Elegy on the much lamented death of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield,, who died at New-berry-port in New-England, on the 1st day of October, 1770.
- Schwache doch wahre Ausdrücke der Wehmuth über den Tod Sr. Hoch-Ehrw. des Herrn Doctor Caspar Dieterich Weibergs,, wie dieselben in der Deutschen Reformirten Gemeine in Philadelphia, welcher er 26 Jahre lang treulich als Lehrer vorgestanden, den 26sten September, 1790, von den Kindern dieser Gemeine, mit gerührtem Herzen, unter beygefügter Trauer-Music, sind abgesungen worden.
- The works of the Reverend Mr. Samuel Blair, late Minister of the Gospel at Fogs-Mannor, in Chester County, in Pennsylvania., Containing a collection of sermons on various subjects ... : Together with several treatises, viz. A vindication of the brethren, &c. The doctrine of predestination truly and fairly stated ... A short and faithful narrative of the late remarkable revival of religion, &c. The author's last advice to a number of his congregation, &c. : To which is added, A sermon preached at Mr. Blair's funeral by the Rev. Mr. Finley; and an elegy wrote by the Rev. Mr. Davis on the occasion.
- An elegy on the much-to-be-deplored death of that never-to-be-forgotten person, the Reverend Nathanael Collins;, who after he had been many years a faithful pastor to the church at Middletown of Connecticut in New-England, about the forty third year of his age expired; on 28th. 10. moneth 1684. : [Three lines of quotations in Latin]
- A Funeral elegy, occasioned by the tragedy, at Salem near Boston, on Thursday afternoon, the seventeenth of June, 1773,, at which time the ten following persons, seven women and three men were drowned, having been out on a party of pleasure ...
- Lamentations upon the never enough bewailed death of the Reverend Mr. John Reiner, Pastor of the church of Christ at Dover, who was gathered to his Father December, 21. 1676.
- Salem, June 25, 1773., Verses on the sudden and awful death of Mrs. Rebecca Giles, Mr. Paul Kimball and his wife, Mrs. Desire Holman, Mr. William Ward and his wife, Miss Esther Masury, Mr. Nathaniel Diggadon and his wife, and Mrs. Sarah Becket, all of Salem, who were drowned all together off this harbour on the 17th day of June, 1773.
- Elegy, occasioned by the sudden death of Hezekiah C. Lee, of Salisbury, (Connecticut.)
- An elegy, on the death of Mrs. Margaret Stebbins, who died June 16, 1744, in her 29th year., Dedicated to the surviving children of the deceased.