On the death of William Avery

From collection Jonathan Fisher's Writings

On the death of William Avery

"On the death of William Avery, born Sept 1st, 1770; lost at sea in the fall of 1791. On his way from Boston to Newburn in N. Carolina, in the Schooner Trout, Capt. Roberts." "She sails, thre spreading cavas bends to gentle gales" etc. Dedham, Oct. 9th 1792.. Unsigned, but undoubtedly the work of Reverend Jonathan Fisher.

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