Interesting sketch. Extracts of letters--official. New-Orleans, Jan. 18, 1815 - ECU Libraries Catalog

Interesting sketch. Extracts of letters--official. New-Orleans, Jan. 18, 1815.

Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Windsor, Vt. : Printed [by Jesse Cochran?] for the flying book sellers, Jan. 1, 1816.
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 64 x 52 cm
Supplemental Content	Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)	Macdonough, Thomas, 1783-1825--Poetry. Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815. Plattsburg, Battle of, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1814--Songs and music. Lundy's Lane, Battle of, Ont., 1814--Poetry. United States--History --War of 1812 --Poetry. United States--History --War of 1812 --Songs and music. United States--History --War of 1812 --Campaigns. United States--History --War of 1812 --Naval operations.

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Series	Early American imprints. Second series no. 37740. ^A575643
Contents	Interesting sketch -- Battle of Plattsburgh, and victory on Lake Champlain (first line: Sir George Prevost with all his host) -- Commodore Macdonough's victory (first line: O freemen, raise a joyous strain) -- Battle of Niagara! or America again victorious over her white and red savage enemies (first line: O'er Huron's wave the son [sic] was low).
General note	Prose account of the battle of New Orleans, followed by a song and two poems about the War of 1812.
General note	Title within cartouche: Grand battle of N. Orleans, under the veteran General Andrew Jackson the second Washington of America, on the memorable 8th of January 1815.
General note	Ascribed to the press of Jesse Cochran by McCorison.
General note	In another edition (not in Shaw & Shoemaker or McCorison) the imprint date is incorrectly printed as Jan. 1, 1815, the cartouche title continues with the phrase "in which Yankee skill & bravery will forever stand on record unparalelled in history," the first line of the Battle of Niagara reads correctly "O'er Huron's wave the sun was low," and the placement of texts and cuts varies.
General note	Text and illustrations in seven columns; printed area measures 55.4 x 44.2 cm.
References	Shaw & Shoemaker 37740
References	McCorison, M.A. Vermont, 1821a
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 37740).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Songs.
Genre/form	Poems 1816.
Contains title	Battle of Plattsburgh, and victory on Lake Champlain.
Contains title	Commodore Macdonough's victory.
Contains title	Battle of Niagara! or, America again victorious ...
Other title	Grand battle of N. Orleans.

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