Saw ye my hero George : and The rosary. : Lady Washington left Mount Vernon in June 1778, in expectation of meeting her worthy companion George; on the 28th of the same month, found her favourite engaged in the battle of Monmouth: she made the following observations - ECU Libraries Catalog

Saw ye my hero George : and The rosary. : Lady Washington left Mount Vernon in June 1778, in expectation of meeting her worthy companion George; on the 28th of the same month, found her favourite engaged in the battle of Monmouth: she made the following observations.

Included Work	Pearce, William, active 1785-1796. Rosary.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Boston] : [publisher not identified], [between 1810 and 1814]
Description	1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : portrait ; 29 x 22 cm.
Subject(s)	Washington, George, 1732-1799--Poetry. Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778--Poetry. Rosary. Prayers. United States--History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --Poetry.

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Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45585 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45585. ^A478749
General note	Two poems.
General note	Saw ye my hero George, first lines: Saw you my hero--saw you my hero, saw you my hero George?
General note	Another poem, textually similar to Saw ye my hero George, has title: Lady Washington's search.
General note	The rosary, attributed to William Pearce in Philbrick, Thomas L. "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v. 9, 1957, p. 255-258; first line: Though oft we meet severe distress.
General note	Various imprint dates and places of publication supplied. American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. III, no. 50, "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	Relief cut portrait of Washington at left of title; text in two columns; printed area measures 24.3 x 17.6 cm.
General note	Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.
References	Bristol B7057
References	Shipton & Mooney 45585
References	Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 3334
References	Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 236
References	Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 761
References	Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 1354
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45585).
Genre/form	Broadsides.
Genre/form	Poems 1810.
Other title	Saw you my hero--saw you my hero, saw you my hero George?
Other title	Though oft we meet severe distress.

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