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Poems, occasioned by several circumstances and occurrencies , in the present grand contest of America for liberty.
Van Pelt - Microtext Microfiche 821 no. 15754
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Case, Wheeler, 1735?-1791.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15754.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Poetry.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Poems -- 1778.
- Physical Description:
- 24 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
- 4x6 in.
- monochrome
- service copy
- negative
- Place of Publication:
- New-Haven: : Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]
- Contents:
- The fight of the eagle and the crane
- A dialogue between Col. Paine, and Miss Clorinda Fairchild, when taking his leave of her to go on the northern expedition
- St. Clair's flight and Burgoyne's defeat
- The lamentations of General Burgoyne
- The fall of Burgoyne
- The vanity of trusting in an arm of flesh
- The tragical death of Miss Jane M'Crea, who was scalped, and inhumanly buthcered by a scouting party of Burgoyne's army, on his way towards Albany
- An answer for the messengers of the nation.
- Notes:
- Attributed to Wheeler Case by Evans.
- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15754).
- Cited in:
- Evans 15754
- Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 59
- OCLC:
- 82476795
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