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--Songs and music.
• Fourth of July.
• 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