The American hero : Made on the Battle of Bunker-Hill, and the burning of Charlestown.
| Author/creator | Niles, Nathaniel |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : [publisher not identified], [between 1810 and 1814] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 29 x 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42911. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse in fifteen stanzas; first lines: Why should vain mortals tremble at the sight of death and destruction in the field of battle. |
| General note | By Nathaniel Niles. Cf. Evans 14349. |
| General note | American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. II, no. 132, "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 note | Text in two columns; printed area measures 23.0 x 16.3 cm. |
| References | Bristol B4083 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 42911 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1787 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 2955 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 5 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 487 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42911). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1810. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |