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A Poem, spoken extempore, by a young lady : on hearing the guns firing and bells chiming on account of the great and glorious acquisition of their Excellencies Gen. Washington and the C. de Grasse, by the surrender of York-Town.

Other author/creatorYoung lady author.
Other author/creatorYoung lady.
Other author/creatorRussell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, printer.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Boston] : Printed by E. Russell, near Liberty-Stump.--At the same place may be had, Russell's American almanac, and Bickerstaff's Boston do, [1781]
Description1 sheet : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 35 x 21 cm
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
General noteVerse in twenty-eight lines, printed on left half of sheet beneath relief cut; first line: Honor commands great Washington I sing.
General noteRight half of sheet contains second poem, in fifty-six lines, entitled: His Lordship humbled: or, Cornwallis's lamentation. With a relief cut flanking title. First line: Great Mars, thou god of battles won.
General noteDated [1782] by Bristol, but more likely printed soon after Cornwallis' surrender in October 1781. The advertisement for almanacs in the imprint also suggests that the sheet was issued late in 1781.
General notePrinted area measures 32.1 x 18.7 cm.
General noteReproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References Bristol, B5572
References Shipton & Mooney, 44247
References English Short Title Catalog, W1010.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formSingle sheet verse.
Genre/formPoems 1781.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.
Genre/formBroadsides.
Contains title His Lordship humbled: or, Cornwallis's lamentation.

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