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In 1708, Ebenezer Cook, Gent, of whom we know nothing certainly save what can be gathered from his works, published in London a short satirical poem called the Sot-W eed Factor. It may be useful to explain this title. In the Provincial days of Maryland, a factor was an agent of an English merchant, and sot-weed, ue., the weed which makes men besotted, was a slang name for tobacco, the staple of the Province. The poem contained twenty-one pages and purported to be a narrative of the experiences of the author in Maryland, whither he had come from England to open store. Disgusted with the Province, he returned to England and drew a most unflattering picture of the new country, being a predecessor of Mrs. Trollope, Dickens, and the long line of Englishmen who brought back un vorable impressions of A merica. Moses Goit Tyler in his fascinating History of American Literature (V ol. II, p. 255) chtiracterizes the work as an obvious extravaganza, in which a vein of genuine and powerful satire is struck. In this verdict, every reader must join, though his further statement that the autobiographic narrative is probably only a part of its robust and jocular mirth, will be questioned by many of us, who feel that there is convincing evidence in the story of the reality of some of the adventures described. The work was reprinted in 1865 under the editorship of Col. Brantz Mayer, as number two of Shea s Reprints of Southern Tracts. Ten copies were issued on large, and one hundred and twenty-five on small paper. Mr. Mayer states that the poem had been reprinted, with a poem on Bacon s Rebellion, by Mr. Qreen, at A nnapolis, in 1731. I have never seen the reprint but imagine that either the date, or the name of the printer, must have been incorrectly copied by Mr.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings

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Excerpt from Early Maryland PoetryIt is possible that Ebenezer Cooke, an inhabitant of St. Mary's City in 1693, was the poet (md. Arch, Vol. 19, p.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Early Maryland PoetryIt is possible that Ebenezer Cooke, an inhabitant of St. Mary's City in 1693, was the poet (md. Arch, Vol. 19, p.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.