Hhe [sic] battle of the kegs.
Subtitle: Together with the Chearful wife
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49720
Publisher: Sold at the Bible and Heart Cornhill, Boston.
Published: 1780
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Women -- Poetry; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Other titles: Cheerful wife; Hhe battle of the kegs
Work titles: Battle of the kegs
Notes: Two poems

Battle of the kegs, first line: Gallants attend, and hear a friend. For attribution to Hopkinson in 1778, cf. Hastings, George Everett. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, Chicago, 1926, p. 290-295

The Chearful wife, first line: I once was a maiden as fresh as a rose

The Bible and Heart, Boston, was the sign of Thomas (1732-1797) and John Fleet from 1780 to 1797, of John and Thomas (1768-1827) Fleet from 1797 to 1803, and of Thomas Fleet (1768-1827) from 1803-1806

Text in two columns, separated by ornaments; printed area measures 30.7 x 17.0 cm

Not in Evans or Bristol

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