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The Americans roused, in a cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening [electronic resource] : being the substance of a conversation on the times, over a friendly tankard and pipe. Between Sharp, a country parson. Bumper, a country justice. Fillpot, an inn-keeper. Graveairs, a deacon. Trim, a barber. Brim, a Quaker. Puff, a late representative. Taken in short-hand, by Sir Roger de Coverly. [Two lines in Latin from Horace].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- De Coverly, Roger, Sir, 1728-1796.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Drama.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
- Genre:
- Plays -- 1775.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32p. )
- Other Title:
- Americans roused, in a cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : New-England, printed; New-York, re-printed, by James Rivington, [1775?]
- Notes:
- "Sir Roger De Coverly" is identified as Jonathan Sewall in Sibley's Harvard graduates.
- First published at Boston in 1775 with title: A cure for the spleen. Or Amusement for a winter's evening.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 14455
- Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 261
- Sabin, 1274
- English Short Title Catalog, W11615.
- OCLC:
- 510955864
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