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An ode for the 4th of July 1788.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
- 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
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