The Yankee boys' method of paying toll at Johnny Bull's bridge. : ([To accompany?] the caricature prints, entitled "The Hornet and the Peacock, or John Bull in distress," and "John Bull stung to agony by the Hornet and Wasp.").

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Jacob, 1768-1850.

Lawrence, James, 1781-1813.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 30591.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval history.

History.

United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations.

United States.

Sea control.

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

United States--History, Naval--Songs and music.

Genre:

Broadsides.

National songs.

Songs and music.

Songs.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)

Place of Publication:

[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1813]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Capt. Jones' official account of the capture of the British sloop of war Frolic

Official letter. United States' ship Hornet, Holmes' Hole, March 19, 1813 [signed by James Lawrence]

Yankee frolics (first lines: No more of your blathering nonsense, 'bout the Nelsons of old Johnny Bull)

From the Philadelphia gazette. Battle of the Peacock and Hornet. A new song. Tune

'Old Granu Weal (first line: Ye Demoes attend, and ye Fed'ralists too).

Notes:

Narrative accounts and songs concerning naval engagements between the sloops Wasp and Frolic, in Oct. 1812, and the Hornet and Peacock, in Feb. 1813.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in title transcription.

Text printed in three 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. 30591).

Contains:

Yankee frolics.

Battle of the Peacock and Hornet.

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