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MOURNFUL TRAGEDY OF THE MAJOR'S ONLY SON OR CRAZY JONES:- A TRUE STORY. - HOLLIS N.H. 1787
183039480np 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> Text in three columns." <br /> 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.<br /> Publication date approximation suggested by internal evidence. This edition not in Ford Shaw & Shoemaker or Shoemaker."<br /> "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
