A song composed on the evacuation of Boston by the British troops, commanded by General Howe : who were panic struck, and thrown into the utmost confusion, at the appearance of General Washington, with a detachment of the American army, who in one night, (unexpectedly to the Britons,) erected strong breast-works, with heavy cannon pointed at the Men of War, then lying in the harbour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nathaniel Coverly, Jun., author, issuing body.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs--United States.

Songs.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Songs and music.

United States.

Boston (Mass.)--History--Siege, 1775-1776--Songs and music.

Boston (Mass.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 sheet ([1] p.) ) ill. (relief cuts) ;

Other Title:

Song composed on the evacuation of Boston by the British troops, commanded by General Howe

In seventeen hundred and seventy-six.

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : Printed by N. Coverly, Jun., [between 1810 and 1814]

Boston : Printed by N. Coverly, Jun., 1810-1814.

Notes:

Song in ten stanzas; first lines: In seventeen hundred and seventy-six, on March the eleventh, the time was prefix'd.

Two columns to the page.

Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.

Sabin no. 86883.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG01-B940

OCLC:

85797996