General note | Verse in twenty-eight lines, printed on left half of sheet beneath relief cut; first line: Honor commands great Washington I sing. |
General note | Right 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 note | Dated [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 note | Printed area measures 32.1 x 18.7 cm. |
General note | Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
References |
Bristol, B5572 |
References |
Shipton & Mooney, 44247 |
References |
English Short Title Catalog, W1010. |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
Genre/form | Single sheet verse. |
Genre/form | Poems 1781. |
Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |
Genre/form | Broadsides. |
Contains title |
His Lordship humbled: or, Cornwallis's lamentation. |