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A congratulatory epistle to the redoubtable "Peter Porcupine." : On his "complete triumph over the once towering but fallen and despicable faction, in the United States:" a poem, by Peter Grievous, Junr. [Two lines from Swift] To which is annexed The vision, a dialogue between Marat and Peter Porcupine, in the infernal regions.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Grievous, Peter.
Hopkinson, Joseph, 1779-1842., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Political poetry, American.
Political poetry, English--18th century.
Political poetry, English.
United States--Politics and government--1789-1797--Poetry.
United States.
United States--Politics and government--1789-1797.
Cobbett, William, 1763-1835--Poetry.
Cobbett, William.
Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793--Poetry.
Marat, Jean Paul.
Genre:
Poems.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (44p. )
Other Title:
Congratulatory epistle to the redoubtable ""Peter Porcupine.""
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : From the free and independent political & literary press of Thomas Bradford, printer, bookseller & stationer, no. 8, South Front Street, 1796.
Notes:
Attributed to Joseph Hopkinson by Evans. Although his father, Francis Hopkinson, used the pseudonym "Peter Grievous," there is no indication that Joseph Hopkinson wrote the poem or ever used the pseudonym "Peter Grievous, Junr." - With a half-title.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. 44.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 30593
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 528
Sabin, 14025
English Short Title Catalog, W4911.
OCLC:
642792839

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