An edition of The death of General Montgomery (1777)

The death of General Montgomery

at the siege of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil]

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H. H. Brackenridge
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An edition of The death of General Montgomery (1777)

The death of General Montgomery

at the siege of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil]

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Edition Notes

Attributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in the Dictionary of American biography.

Dedicated to Thomas Mifflin.

Error in paging: p. 78 misnumbered 68.

Frontispiece signed: N.G. inv. Norman, sc.

Prologue, p. [82-83], by signed: J.P. [i.e., John Parke?].

Three states noted in BAL, which see. For further discussion of this work see: Blanck, Jacob. "Brackenridge's Death of General Montgomery." Harvard Library Bulletin VII (1953): 357-361.

Two states of the frontispiece noted. In one, the area at lower left is blank, and there is a small white cloud above the ghost of General Wolfe. In the other, the area at lower left has a brickwork pattern, and the cloud has been removed.

Frontispiece lacking.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), W019382

Evans, C. American bibliography, 15248

BAL, 1296

Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 23

The Physical Object

Pagination
79,[5]p., [1]leaf of plates
Number of pages
79

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44948653M
OCLC/WorldCat
316628444

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