An ode for the 4th of July 1788.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.

Contributor:

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839, printer.

Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (Library of Congress)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Benjamin Franklin Papers (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fourth of July--Poetry.

Fourth of July.

Fourth of July--Songs and music.

Patriotic poetry.

Genre:

Songs and music.

Poetry.

Broadside poems -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1788.

National songs.

Odes -- 1788.

Broadsides -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 18th century.

Songs.

Music.

Penn Provenance:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (former owner)

Physical Description:

1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 44 x 27 cm

Other Title:

First line: Oh for a muse of fire! to mount the skies.

Ode for the Fourth of July 1788.

Fingerprint:

."e, y:y! ."d, n:n; (S) 1788 (Q)

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia] : Printed by M. Carey, [1788]

Notes:

Song in five stanzas; first line: Oh for a muse of fire! to mount the skies. - For attribution to Francis Hopkinson, see Hastings, G.F. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, 1926, p. 407-408.

Imprint at lower left, outside ornamental border. Presumably Evans 21151, for which no copy is located.

Broadside.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy acquired in 1903 as part of the Benjamin Franklin Papers.

Culture Class Collection copy does not include imprint information.

Cited in:

Evans, 21151

Evans, 21346

Hastings, G.E. Hopkinson, p. 407-408

ESTC, W8918

Wolf, E. Library of Benjamin Franklin, 1693

OCLC:

22859921