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An Elegy, Sacred to the Memory of the Great Divine, the Reverend and Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed this Life December 29, 1783, Ætatis 59

1784

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

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A booklet containing An Elegy, Sacred to the Memory of the Great Divine, the Reverend and Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed this Life December 29, 1783, Ætatis 59, written by Phillis Peters, and published by E. Russell in Boston. The booklet is folded into quarters and very tattered along the edges. There are multiple tears along the edges, and creases criss-cross the paper. Brown liquid stain at upper right of front page. 8 numbered pages.

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Catalog reference: A2021.113.1.6

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