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].
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| Item Description: | Attributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in the Dictionary of American biography. Prologue, pages [82-83], by signed: J.P. [id est, John Parke?]. Frontispiece signed: N.G. inv. Norman, sc. Dedicated to Thomas Mifflinches Three 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. Two 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. Error in paging: pages 78 misnumbered 68. Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (79, 5 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pageleaf of plates) : illustrations, ; |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |