The death of the brave General Wolfe.
| Uniform Title: | Death of General Wolfe. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 49274. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse in ten stanzas; first line: Cheer up you young men all, let nothing fright you. Followed by: The death of General Wolf. A song; first line: In a mould'ring cave, a wretched retreat. The second song was written by Thomas Paine between 1768 and 1774, and first printed in America in the March, 1775 issue of the Pennsylvania magazine. Cf. Hawke, David Freeman. Paine. New York, 1794, pages 15, 30. With two relief cuts. Cut at head of first column is identified as being used by Ezekiel Russell to illustrate an unrecorded broadside song entitled The Excellency of nothing [Boston: between 1781 and 1797]. Russell's printing office was located at Salem, Mass., in 1775 and 1776, at Danvers, Mass., from 1777 to 1781, and at Boston from 1781 to 1797. Text in two columns; printed area measures 26.2 x 18.2 cm. Not in Evans or Bristol. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 29 x 22 cm. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Salem. United States -- Massachusetts -- Danvers. United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |