A letter to a worthy officer of the American army.
Contributors: Nixon, John, 1727-1815.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 43480.
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1778
Place of publication: [Worcester, Mass.?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- 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.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 43480)