American taxation : This song was written when the trump of war sounded loud thro' this happy land, during the Revolutionary War, and although peculiarly applicable to those times ... let it be distinctly understood and remembered, that as we fought and conquered when Britain endeavored to enslave us, we will never consent to be enslaved by France, nor give up our free trade and commerce to any set of men

American taxation : This song was written when the trump of war sounded loud thro' this happy land, during the Revolutionary War, and although peculiarly applicable to those times ... let it be distinctly understood and remembered, that as we fought and conquered when Britain endeavored to enslave us, we will never consent to be enslaved by France, nor give up our free trade and commerce to any set of men.

Other author/creator	St. John, Peter, 1726-1811.
Other author/creator	St. John, Samuel.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1798?]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 42 x 26 cm
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Taxation--United States. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Songs and music. Great Britain--Colonies --America. United States--Foreign relations --France. France--Foreign relations --United States. United States--History --1797-1801.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49470. ^A478749
General note	Song, in thirty-six stanzas, concerning the taxes imposed by Great Britain on the American colonies and the subsequent revolution; first line: Whilst I relate my story, Americans give ear.
General note	Variously attributed to Peter St. John of Norwalk, Conn., and Samuel St. John of New Canaan, Conn.
General note	Probably published in 1798 when U.S. attempts to avoid guarantees made to France by the treaty of 1778, and the XYZ Affair, strained relations between the two countries.
General note	Text in two columns; printed area measures 38.5 x 21.5 cm.
General note	Not in Evans or Bristol.
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. 49470).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	National songs.

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