A Song composed by British soldiers, after the battle at Bunker-Hill, on the 17th day of June, 1775

Containers:
Closed Stacks, Drawer 33
Extent:
1 Sheets
Language:
English .
Custodial history:

Client reference #43B; OCLC number 62820410; WAG # 13773/289186; IL# 2020-IL-001-213x

Material specific details:
Song in twelve stanzas; first line: It was on the seventeenth by break of day, the Yankees did surprise us. Imprint supplied by Evans. Relief cut of a battle at head of title; printed area measures 32.5 x 13.1 cm. One of two editions, very similar in appearance. In the present edition (Evans 14465), there is no comma after the word "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills & dales & mountains high. Another edition (Bristol B4119; Shipton & Mooney 42939) has a comma after "Song" in the title, and the fourth line of the sixth stanza begins: O'er hills and dales & mountains high.
Physical facet:
Single sheet, broadside, printed paper, with woodcut of battle scene at top.
Dimensions:
40.5 x 15.5 cm
Other descriptive data:

[Boston] : Printed at Draper's printing-office, 1775

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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