A Song, composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775 [electronic resource].
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A Song, composed by the British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775 [electronic resource].
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[Boston : Printed at Draper's printing-office?, 1775]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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1 sheet : ill. (relief cut) ; ?⁰.
Note
Song in twelve stanzas; first line: It was on the seventeenth by break of day, the Yankees did surprise us.
Relief cut of a battle at head of title.
One of two editions, very similar in appearance. In the present edition (Bristol B4119; Shipton & Mooney 42939), there is a comma after the word "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills and dales & mountains high. Another edition (Evans 14465) lacks the comma after "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills & dales & mountains high.
Evans ascribes the edition recorded as Evans 14465 to Draper's printing-office.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Relief cut of a battle at head of title.
One of two editions, very similar in appearance. In the present edition (Bristol B4119; Shipton & Mooney 42939), there is a comma after the word "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills and dales & mountains high. Another edition (Evans 14465) lacks the comma after "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills & dales & mountains high.
Evans ascribes the edition recorded as Evans 14465 to Draper's printing-office.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Bristol, B4119
Shipton & Mooney, 42939
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1934
English Short Title Catalog, W2137.
Shipton & Mooney, 42939
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1934
English Short Title Catalog, W2137.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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