The death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec : a tragedy : with an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular Continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware / by the author of a dramatic piece, on the battle of Bunker's-hill ; to which are added, Elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters ; by different gentlemen ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.

Series:

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

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quebec (City)--Siege, 1775-1776--Drama.

Montgomery, Richard, 1738-1775.

Montgomery, Richard.

Local Subjects:

Quebec (City)--Siege, 1775-1776--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 p.l., [9]-79, [2] p. ) front. ;

Other Title:

Death of General Montgomery,

Death of General Montgomery, in storming the city of Quebec

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and Sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, Next Door to St. Paul's Church, M,DCC,LXXVII.

Notes:

On the verso of the first prelim. leaf an explanation is given of the frontispiece "The death of Montgomery" by Norman, who had already engraved the frontispiece "The death of Warren" for the author's "The battle of Bunkers-hill", Phila., R. Bell, 1776, which is "said to be the earliest known specimen of engraving in British America by a native artist".--Sabin, Bibl. amer.

Another edition, 63 pages, bears imprint: Norwich, J. Trumbull, 1777.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Sabin no. 7185.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG10155069-B

OCLC:

367871874