Bold Dighton. : Being the account of an action fought off Gaudaloupe , in 1805, where ninety-five Americans, and near three hundred Britons made their escape from the prison at that place.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, P.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8047.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dighton--Poetry.

Dighton.

Sailors--Poetry.

Sailors.

History.

West Indies--History--Poetry.

West Indies.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Poems -- 1829.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)

Other Title:

Escape from Basseterre.

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Sold wholesale and retail by Leonard Deming, no. 1 Market Square, corner of Merchant's Row, Boston., [between 1829 and 1831]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Verse in twenty-six stanzas; first line: Come all ye bold seamen who plough the rough main.

Composed by P. Russell; earlier editions have title, The escape from Basseterre; cf. Shoemaker 51243.

Erroneously dated 1805 in Shaw & Shoemaker. Leonard Deming printed at this address in Boston from 1829 to 1831.

Text printed in two columns.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8047).

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