Decatur's victory. : Accomplished ala-mode-de Constitution & Guerriere, or the second part of the same tune. Battle between the American frigate, "United States," Commodore Decatur, master, and the British frigate, "Macedonian." Captain Carden, which she took after an action of 17 minutes, on the 25th October.---The British lost 104 men, killed and wounded, the Americans 12 only. "Tune, Paul Jones's victory."

Format:

Book

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 25228.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820.

Decatur, Stephen.

United States (Frigate).

History.

United States--History--War of 1812--Songs and music.

United States.

Genre:

Broadsides.

Songs.

Songs and music.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 30 x 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun. corner Theatre Alley, Boston:, [1812]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Song in ten stanzas concerning the engagement fought on Oct. 25, 1812; first line: Ye heroes who bled for the rights of mankind.

American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. II, no. 126, presented to the society in August 1814.

Text in two columns; printed area measures 25.7 x 20.8 cm.

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. 25228).

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