FOREFATHERS' DAY. 237TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS. Order of Exercises at Middlebury, Tuesday Eve., Dec. 22, 1857. Invocation and Reading of Scripture, by Rev. James T. Hyde. Prayer, By Rev. Joseph Steele. Ode.-- By Pierpoint. [Five stanzas, beginning]: The Pilgrim fathers-- where are they?. Address, By Philip Battell, Esq

Pierpont, John

Published by [No Publisher], [Middlebury, Vermont], 1857

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First edition. Broadside. 1 pp. 16 by 3 3/4 inche. John Pierpont (1785-1866), born in Litchfield, Connecticut, was a poet, lawyer, merchant, abolitionist and Unitarian minister. His was the author of "Anti-Slavery Poems" (1843), and "The Airs of Palestine" (1816). Slightly foxed, else a near fine copy Broadside. 1 pp. 16 by 3 3/4 inche.

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• Title: FOREFATHERS' DAY. 237TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS. Order of Exercises at Middlebury, Tuesday Eve., Dec. 22, 1857. Invocation and Reading of Scripture, by Rev. James T. Hyde. Prayer, By Rev. Joseph Steele. Ode.-- By Pierpoint. [Five stanzas, beginning]: The Pilgrim fathers-- where are they?. Address, By Philip Battell, Esq
• Publisher: [No Publisher], [Middlebury, Vermont]
• Publication Date: 1857
• Edition: First edition.
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