Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1771.04.26

NHG-P.771.019
26 Apr 1771:33 (758)
Boston, April 22.  Last Wednesday died here, greatly
lamented, Mrs. Anna Barrell, age 27, the virtuous and
amiable consort of Mr. Joseph Barrel, Merchant, and daughter
of the late Joseph Peirce Esq; of Portsmouth in
New-Hampshire.
. . . [9 lines of eulogy]
  -------------------  'Smitten friend:
  Are angels sent on errands full of love;
  For us they languish, and for us they die;
  And shall they languish, shall they die, in vain?