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The American Constitution Frigate's engagement with the British Frigate Guerriere: which after an action of 25 minutes, surrendered, and being completely shattered, was blown up, it being impossible to get her into port

Description

Notes:
Poem in eight stanzas printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments.
Wood-engravings of ships and what appears to be U.S. seal at head of title. Cuts were used by N. Coverly, Jun. on other broadsides.

Access Conditions

Rights
No Copyright - United States
Restrictions on Use
Collection is open for research.

Citation

"The American Constitution Frigate's engagement with the British Frigate Guerriere: which after an action of 25 minutes, surrendered, and being completely shattered, was blown up, it being impossible to get her into port " (1812). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:266502/

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Collection:

  • Harris Broadsides

    Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of …
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