Taxation of America
Contributors: St. John, Peter, 1726-1811; St. John, Samuel
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49311
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1777
Place of publication: [United States
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Taxation -- United States; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Songs and music
Genres: Songs and music
Work titles: American taxation
Notes: Song, in thirty-seven numbered stanzas, concerning the taxes imposed by Great Britain on the American colonies and the subsequent revolution; first lines: While I relate my story, Americans give ear

Variously attributed to Peter St. John of Norwalk, Conn., and Samuel St. John of New Canaan, Conn

Based on textual references to the battle at Brandywine and Burgoyne's defeat, the poem was probably written in 1777. Use of the long "s" suggests imprint date before 1810

Text in three columns; printed area measures 38.9 x 14.2 cm

Not in Evans or Bristol

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49311)