British taxation of North-America
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43230
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1777
Place of publication: United States?
Language: eng
Subjects: Taxation; Colonies; History; Poetry
Other titles: While I relate my story, Americans give ear.
Work titles: American taxation
Notes: Verse, in thirty-five four-line stanzas, concerning the taxes imposed by Great Britain on the American colonies and the subsequent revolution; first line: 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.

Printed in two columns.

Bristol B4442

Shipton & Mooney 43230

Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 506B