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A rare, patriotic, satirical ballad written by Benjamin Franklin... Great on the British evacuating Boston...
A rare, patriotic, satirical ballad written by Benjamin Franklin... Great on the British evacuating Boston...
Item # 704673
March 30, 1776
THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, March 30, 1776 The front page begins with a wonderful letter beginning; "The Ministry have boasted much of their regular, their disciplined troops, which they fancied capable of beating all the irregulars in the world. One would wonder how men of any attention to what has passed, could deceive themselves into such an opinion when so many facts, within the memory of men not very old, evince the contrary. The falling Hanky song gives us a pretty little collection of those fact..." with more.
Include in full is this 'Yankee" song titled; "The King's Own Regulars, and their Triumph Over the Irregulars. A New Song, to the tune of 'An Old Courtier of the Queens...".
See the photos for the full text of the song, which praises the previous military victories of England, yet showing them falling short in the current war. Nice to have such a rare item as Franklin rarely wrote song lyrics.
While unsigned (as was typical of Franklin), most scholars attribute this ballad to Ben Franklin, as does "The Papers of Benjamin Franklin", edited by Leonard W. Labaree (Yale University Press).
Pages 2 and 3 contain a great and very detailed account of the British evacuating Boston, nothing near the beginning: "Last sabbath the British army in Boston, under General Howe, consisting of upwards of 7,000 men...disgracefully quitted all their strong holes in Boston...fled from before the army of the United Colonies..." with much more (see the photos).
Four pages, 8 1/4 by 10 1/2 inches, never-trimmed margins, some archival strengthening at the blank spine, great condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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