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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:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howell, Richard, 1754-1802, author.
- 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:
- 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Trenton, N.J.] : [Printed by Isaac Collins], [1789]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- 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 22094).
- Cited in:
- Evans 22094
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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