A letter to a worthy officer of the American army
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43480
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1778
Place of publication: Worcester, Mass.?
Language: eng
Subjects: History; Poetry
Other titles: Your honor, Sir, is call'd to lead forth those.
Notes: Verse in thirteen stanzas; first line: Your honor, Sir, is call'd to lead forth those.

Signed and dated: Lydia Learned. Framingham, March 17, 1778.

In a letter to Clarence S. Brigham, dated March 31, 1933, John M. Merriam, president of the Framingham Historical Society, suggests that Brigadier-General John Nixon is the "worthy officer" to whom the poem is addressed. Cf. AAS correspondence file. Nixon, a native of Framingham, returned to Massachusetts as one of the officers in charge of Burgoyne's surrendered soldiers.

Imprint suggested by Bristol.

Text in two columns; printed area measures 28.2 x 19.4 cm.

Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides.

Bristol B4708

Shipton & Mooney 43480