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A dreadful phenomenon described and improved. Being a particular account of the sudden stoppage of the River Severn, and of the terrible desolation that happened at the Birches between Coalbrook-Dale and Build-Was Bridge in Shropshire, on Thursday morning May the 27th, 1773. And The Substance of a Sermon Preached the next Day on the Ruins, to a vast Concourse of Spectators. By John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley in Shropshire, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan.

Title
A dreadful phenomenon described and improved. [electronic resource] : Being a particular account of the sudden stoppage of the River Severn, and of the terrible desolation that happened at the Birches between Coalbrook-Dale and Build-Was Bridge in Shropshire, on Thursday morning May the 27th, 1773. And The Substance of a Sermon Preached the next Day on the Ruins, to a vast Concourse of Spectators. By John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley in Shropshire, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan.
Author
Fletcher, John, 1729-1785.
Publication
Shrewsbury : printed by J. Eddowes, and sold by J. Buckland, in Pater-Noster-Row, London; T. Mills, in Bath; and S. Aris, in Birmingham, [1773]

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Gale (Firm)
Description
[4],104p.; 12⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
Severn River (Wales and England) > Sermons
Note
  • Half-title: 'Account of the phenomenon at the Birches'.
  • Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642763648
  • T98871
Author
Fletcher, John, 1729-1785.
Title
A dreadful phenomenon described and improved. [electronic resource] : Being a particular account of the sudden stoppage of the River Severn, and of the terrible desolation that happened at the Birches between Coalbrook-Dale and Build-Was Bridge in Shropshire, on Thursday morning May the 27th, 1773. And The Substance of a Sermon Preached the next Day on the Ruins, to a vast Concourse of Spectators. By John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley in Shropshire, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Buchan.
Imprint
Shrewsbury : printed by J. Eddowes, and sold by J. Buckland, in Pater-Noster-Row, London; T. Mills, in Bath; and S. Aris, in Birmingham, [1773]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T98871.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England Shrewsbury.
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Gale (Firm)
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