Verse of eighty-four lines, describing the severe economic conditions which existed in Marblehead and other coastal towns between 1776 and 1780; first line: Our best beloved they are gone.
Author from final couplet: Molly Gutridge composition ...
"Probably printed by Ezekiel Russell ..."--Tapley. Salem imprints, p. 333. One of the cuts illustrating this broadside poem was also included in the Downfall of justice (Evans 14740) printed by Russell in 1776.
Dated [1778] by Tapley, [1779] by Ford, and [1779?] by Bristol. In 1779 Russell was printing at Danvers, Mass.
Text in two columns; printed area measures 31.8 x 18.9 cm.
Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43671).