Invitation hymn
[Enfield, Mass. S. Howe, 1838.]. Small oblong broadside (approx. 6¼" x 7¾"), text in double column beneath the running head and woodcut incorporating masonic emblems; near fine. Hymn in ten numbered stanzas; first line: "We're travelling home to heaven above, will you go?" OCLC notes: Printed by Solomon Howe at Enfield, Mass., about 1838. Cf. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, 1950, v. 60, p. 223. Another edition has a different woodcut with the caption: "Passage free accommodation lane." Solomon Howe, printer, son of the Baptist minister and author Solomon Howe (1750-1835), printed with his brother John (1783-1845) in Greenwich and Enfield, Mass.; Solomon printed some broadsides with his own imprint in the 1830's. AAS, Amherst, Brown, Mass. Historical, and Boston Athenaeum in OCLC. Not in American Imprints. Item #55219
Price: $150.00
