The poem which the committee of the town of Boston had voted unanimously to be published with the late oration [electronic resource] : with observations relating thereto; together with some very pertinent extracts from an ingenious composition never yet published.

The poem which the committee of the town of Boston had voted unanimously to be published with the late oration [electronic resource] : with observations relating thereto; together with some very pertinent extracts from an ingenious composition never yet published.

Boston : Printed and sold by E. Russell, at his printing-office, near Dr. Gardiner's, in Marlborough-Street, M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]

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30,[2]p. ; 4⁰.

Written to accompany Joseph Warren's oration delivered at Boston, March 5, 1772, but suppressed owing to doubts of Allen's patriotism. Later published by Allen's friends with extracts from his Retrospect.
Two states of gathering B noted. In one, lines ending speak/ cheek/ length/ strength/ design/ twine appear on p. 10. Catchwords on p. 13 and 14 are "which" and "more". In another, those lines appear on p. 11. Catchwords on p. 13 and 14 are "sents" and "far".
Reprinted, with a note concerning authorship, by Peter Edes in: Orations delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March, 1770, Boston, [1785], p. 195-200.
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English Short Title Catalog, W27703.

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