American poems selected and original : vol. I

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, E. H. (Elihu Hubbard), 1771-1798.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--Revolutionary period.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

viii, 304, [6] p., 1 leaf ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Litchfield: [CT] : Printed by Collier and Buel, [1793]

Notes:

A collection of poems by Trumbull, Dwight, Barlow, Humphreys, Freneau, and others, edited by Elihu Hubbard Smith, which is regarded as the first general collection of American poetry. A second volume promised by the editor but was never published. cf. Dexter, Biog. sketches of the graduates of Yale college, v. 4. p. 510; Sabin, Bibl. amer.; M.E. Bailey. "A lesser Hartford wit, Dr. Elihu Hubbard Smith", 1928, p. [61]-77.

"List of subscribers": [6] p. following p. 304.