The death of General Montgomery : at the siege of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil].
| Author/creator | Brackenridge, H. H. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777] |
| Description | 79, 5 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pageleaf of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Parke, John, 1754-1789, author. |
| Other author/creator | Parke, John, 1754-1789. |
| Other author/creator | Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784 printer. |
| Other author/creator | Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 dedicatee. |
| Other author/creator | Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver. |
| Other author/creator | N. G., illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Whitehead, William, 1715-1785 Ode for the New-Year, 1776. |
| Other author/creator | Riviere & Son binder. |
| General note | Attributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in the Dictionary of American biography. |
| General note | Prologue, p. [82-83], by signed: J.P. [i.e., John Parke?]. |
| General note | Frontispiece signed: N.G. inv. Norman, sc. |
| General note | Dedicated to Thomas Mifflin. |
| General note | Three states noted in BAL, which see. For further discussion of this work see: Blanck, Jacob. "Brackenridge's Death of General Montgomery." Harvard Library Bulletin VII (1953): 357-361. |
| General note | Two states of the frontispiece noted. In one, the area at lower left is blank, and there is a small white cloud above the ghost of General Wolfe. In the other, the area at lower left has a brickwork pattern, and the cloud has been removed. |
| General note | Error in paging: p. 78 misnumbered 68. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| References | Evans, 15248 |
| References | BAL, 1296 |
| References | Hill, F. P. Amer. plays, 23 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, W19382. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Plays 1777. |
| Genre/form | Songs. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1777. |