A Poem, spoken extempore, by a young lady
Subtitle: on hearing the guns firing and bells chiming on account of the great and glorious acquisition of their Excellencies Gen. Washington and the C. de Grasse, by the surrender of York-Town ..
Contributors: Young lady
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 44247
Publisher: Printed by E. Russell, near Liberty-Stump.--At the same place may be had, Russell's American almanac, and Bickerstaff's Boston do.
Published: 1781
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, -- Marquis, -- 1738-1805; Washington, George, -- 1732-1799; Yorktown (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1781 -- Poetry; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns
Genres: Poetry
Other titles: His Lordship humbled: or, Cornwallis's lamentation
Notes: Verse in twenty-eight lines, printed on left half of sheet beneath relief cut; first line: Honor commands great Washington I sing

Right half of sheet contains second poem, in fifty-six lines, entitled: His Lordship humbled: or, Cornwallis's lamentation. With a relief cut flanking title. First line: Great Mars, thou god of battles won

Dated [1782] by Bristol, but more likely printed soon after Cornwallis' surrender in October 1781. The advertisement for almanacs in the imprint also suggests that the sheet was issued late in 1781

Printed area measures 32.1 x 18.7 cm

Bristol B5572

Shipton & Mooney 44247

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44247)