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A poem on the late [distress] of the town of Boston: With some remarks on the sudden flight of the ministerial troops

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Year:
1776
Contributor:
Rich, Elisha, 1740-1804? (creator)
Coverly, Nathaniel, 1744?-1816 (printer)
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Wood-engraving, American > 18th century
Autonomy > Poetry
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Poetry
Boston (Mass.) > History > Siege, 1775-1776 > Poetry
United States > Massachusetts > Chelmsford
Local ID:
HB16088 MA
Extent:
1 broadside : ill. ; 39 x 25 cm.
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With a relief cut (Reilly, no. 1134) at head. This cut was used to illustrate Rich's Poetical remarks upon the fight at the Boston Light-House ... (Chelmsford, N. Coverly, 1775)
Printed in three columns divided by line of type ornaments.
Author from last line: Thy friend E.R. hath his request.
Woodcut at head of title; line of type ornaments at head and end.
At end of text below type ornaments: Chelmsford: Printed and sold at N. Coverly's printing office: where may be had ... M, DCCLXXVI.
Author identification see: A.M. Hemenway, Vt. History Gazeteer, III, 955.

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Rich, Elisha, "A poem on the late [distress] of the town of Boston: With some remarks on the sudden flight of the ministerial troops " (1776). Harris Broadsides. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:708922/

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    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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