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The death of General Montgomery, at the siege of Quebec : A tragedy. : With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. / By the author of a dramatic piece, on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. ; To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. ; [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil].

Author/creator Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
Description79 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorParke, John, 1754-1789.
Other author/creatorMifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 dedicatee.
Other author/creatorNorman, John, approximately 1748-1817, engraver.
Other author/creatorN. G., illustrator.
Included WorkWhitehead, William, 1715-1785. Ode for the New-Year, 1776.
Uniform titleDeath of General Montgomery
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15248
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15248. ^A478749
General noteAttributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in BAL.
General notePrologue, p. [82-83], signed: J.P. [i.e., John Parke].
General noteFrontispiece signed: N.G. inv. Norman, sc.
General noteDedicated to Thomas Mifflin.
General noteThree states noted in BAL, which see. For further discussion of this work see: Blanck, Jacob. "Brackenridge's Death of General Montgomery." Harvard Library Bulletin VII (1953): 357-361.
General noteTwo states of the frontispiece noted. In one, the area at lower left is blank, and there is a small white cloud above the ghost of General Wolfe. In the other, the area at lower left has a brickwork pattern, and the cloud has been removed.
General noteSignatures: pi⁴ A-I⁴ [K]².
General noteError in paging: p. 78 misnumbered 68.
References Evans 15248
References BAL 1295
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3527
References Hill, F.P. Amer. plays, 23
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15248).
Genre/formPlays 1777.
Genre/formSongs.
Genre/formPoems 1777.

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