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MOURNFUL TRAGEDY OF THE MAJOR'S ONLY SON OR CRAZY JONES:- A TRUE STORY. - HOLLIS N.H. 1787
1830réf. 39480np 1830. Broadside 9-1/2" x 11." Old folds stitched repair to one fold with a few words crimped but legible along one line; pinholes at two fold intersections affecting a few letters. Foxed Good. Two hearts at the top of the text flanked by two decorative columns each with a homily of text within the heart. Good. Here is the AAS entry: "Verse in twenty-seven stanzas; first line: Come all ye people far and near. Variant edition of the Major's only son. Imprint dates suggested by typography. Text in three columns." Brown's entry: "a shortened variant version of the Major's only son. Between title and text flanked by sections of type ornaments two line drawings of hearts bearing legends. Publication date approximation suggested by internal evidence. This edition not in Ford Shaw & Shoemaker or Shoemaker." "The Major's Only Son and His True Love's Overthrow" printed many times beginning in the 1790s is the most popular variant of this work. unknown
