Saw ye my hero George, and, The rosary
Subtitle: Lady Washington left Mount Vernon in June 1778, in expectation of meeting her worthy companion George, on the 28th of the same month, found her favourite engaged in the battle of Monmouth : she made the following observations
Contributors: Pearce, William, fl. 1785-1796.
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 12958
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1799
Place of publication: [Boston
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Poetry; Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778 -- Poetry; Rosary; Prayers; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Poetry
Other titles: Hero George; Rosary; Though oft we meet severe distress
Notes: Two poems

Saw ye my hero George, first lines: Saw you my hero--saw you my hero, saw you my hero George?

The Rosary, attributed to William Pearce in Philbrick, Thomas L. "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v. 9, 1957, p. 255-258; first line: Though oft we meet severe distress

Various imprint dates and places of publication supplied. American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. III, no. 50, "purchased from a ballad printer and seller in Boston" and presented to the society in August 1814. Most, if not all, of these issues were published after 1810, cf. Ford, W.C. The Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads, 1924

Imperfect title page; begins: Hero George

Sabin 101883

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