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An Elegiac poem, composed on the never-to-be-forgotten terrible and bloody battle fought at an intrenchment on Bunker-Hill.

Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoSalem [Mass.]: N.E. : Printed and sold by E. Russell, next to John Turner, Esq; in the Main-Street, 1775. ...
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cuts) ; 49 x 36 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42809
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42809. ^A478749
General noteVerse of 160 lines; first line: Adieu to wanton songs and foolish joys.
General notePreceded by prose account and followed by: An Acrostic on the late Major-General Warren.
General noteRelief cut of sixty coffins at head (Reilly 1221); illustrating the acrostic are relief cuts of a skull and crossbone (not in Reilly) and a coffin bearing the initials JW (Reilly 1209); printed area measures 47.8 x 34.0 cm.
General noteNot in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.
References Bristol B3969
References Shipton & Mooney 42809
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42809).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formAcrostics.
Genre/formPoems 1775.
Genre/formElegies.
Contains title Acrostic on the late Major-General Warren.
Other titleAdieu to wanton songs and foolish joys.

Available Items

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 42809 ✔ Available