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The Columbian tragedy: Containing a particular and official account of the brave and unfortunate officers and soldiers, who were slain and wounded in the ever-memorable and bloody Indian battle ... Nov. 4, 1791 between two thousand Americans, belonging to the united army, and near five thousand wild Indian savages, at Miami Village, near Fort-Washington, in the Ohio-country ..
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 46142 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46142.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Butler, Richard, 1743-1791--Portraits.
- Butler, Richard.
- Butler, Richard, 1743-1791.
- Indians of North America--Wars--1790-1794--Poetry.
- Indians of North America.
- St. Clair's Campaign, 1791--Poetry.
- St. Clair's Campaign, 1791.
- Indians of North America--Wars.
- United States--History, Military.
- United States.
- History, Military.
- Ohio River Valley--History--To 1795.
- Ohio River Valley.
- History.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Elegies.
- Poetry.
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)) : illustrations (relief cuts)
- Place of Publication:
- Hartford: : Printed, ..., [1791]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Forty-one numbered stanzas of verse in four columns, with title, "A funeral elegy on the occasion;" first line: Ye friends to men attend the tale.
- Preceded by a "List of killed and wounded officers."
- With several cuts, including, at head, two rows of coffins bearing the names of the thirty-nine officers killed, and, flanking title, "Major General Richard Butler, slain in the battle at Miami-Village, Nov. 4" and "Bloody Indian battle, fought at Miami-Village, Nov. 4, 1791."
- Printed area, including mourning border, measures 48.9 x 38.4 cm.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 46142).
- Cited in:
- Bristol B7671
- Shipton and Mooney 46142
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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