Saw ye my hero George : and, The rosary : Lady Washington left Mount Vernon in June 1778, in expectation of meeting her worthy companion George, on the 28th of the same month, found her favourite engaged in the battle of Monmouth : she made the following observations.

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Publication Info[Boston : s.n., between 1810 and 1814]
Description1 broadside : port. ; 29 x 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteLIT-378
Local noteUnit 167
General noteTwo poems.
General noteSaw ye my hero George, first lines: Saw you my hero--saw you my hero, saw you my hero George?
General noteThe Rosary, attributed to William Pearce in Philbrick, Thomas L. "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v. 9, 1957, p. 255-258; first line: Though oft we meet severe distress.
General noteVarious imprint dates and places of publication supplied. American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. III, no. 50, "purchased from a ballad printer and seller in Boston" and presented to the society in August 1814. Most, if not all, of these issues were published after 1810, cf. Ford, W.C. The Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads, 1924.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 101883.
References RLIN, CTRG94-B400
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other titleSaw you my hero--saw you my hero, saw you my hero George?
Other titleThough oft we meet severe distress.

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