Bidwell, Barnabas:

AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF ROGER NEWTON, JUN'R, A. M. A TUTOR OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, WHO DIED AUGUST 10TH, 1789, AETAT. 26; PRONOUNCED IN THE COLLEGE-CHAPEL, SEPTEMBER 2ND. BY...A TUTOR OF SAID COLLEGE. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF MR. NEWTON'S PUPILS.

New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1789]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with some foxing. Contemporary signature at top of page [3]: 'Mary Perkins No. 16 June 1796'. Good+.

Variations on the theme that only the good die young. Bidwell says, "There is a genuine dignity in the death of a real believer."
Evans 21691. Trumbull 357. Item #22791

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