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A Tory medley.

Author/creator Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : [publisher not identified], [1780]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15366. ^A478749
General noteSong in four parts; first line: Three Tories, in very foul weather. The three Tories are introduced in the first part (tune, The world is a well furnish'd table). In the following parts each sings a song. Second part: The broker (tune, Hosier's ghost). Third part: the printer (tune (God save the King). Fourth part: The Quaker (tune, Babes in the wood). According to Hildeburn, the persons lampooned are William Smith (the broker), James Rivington (the printer), and Samuel Rhodes Fisher (the Quaker).
General noteAttributed to Francis Hopkinson in: Hastings, G.E. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, 1926, p. 305.
General notePlace of publication supplied by Shipton & Mooney. Date of publication from Hastings. Evans erroneously supplies 1777 as date of publication.
General noteText in two columns.
References Evans 15366
References Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 210
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 15366).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formSongs.
Other title World is a well furnish'd table (Tune)
Other title Hosier's ghost (Tune)
Other title God save the King.
Other title Babes in the wood (Tune)

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