A sonata : sung by a number of young girls, dressed in white and decked with wreaths and chaplets of flowers, holding baskets of flowers in their hands, as General Washington passed under the triumphal arch raised on the bridge at Trenton, April 21, 1789.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Howell, Richard, 1754-1802.

Contributor:

Reinagle, Alexander, 1756-1809.

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22094.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Poetry.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Festivals--New Jersey--Trenton.

Festivals.

New Jersey--Trenton.

Genre:

National songs.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages ; (folio)

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

[Trenton, N.J.] : [Printed by Isaac Collins], [1789]

Notes:

Written by Richard Howell and sung to the tune of Handel's "See the conquering hero comes." Later set to music and published by Alexander Reinagle, to whom the words are sometimes mistakenly attributed. See: Stryker, William S. Washington's reception by the people of New Jersey in 1789 (Trenton, 1882).

First line: Welcome, mighty chief! once more.

Followed by a message from George Washington, addressed to the ladies, expressing his grateful acknowledgement.

Ascribed to the press of Isaac Collins by Evans.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22094).

Cited in:

Evans 22094

OCLC:

55829090