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 InfoPhiladelphia : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
Description79, 5 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered pageleaf of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰.
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Other author/creatorParke, John, 1754-1789, author.
Other author/creatorParke, John, 1754-1789.
Other author/creatorBell, Robert, 1732?-1784 printer.
Other author/creatorMifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 dedicatee.
Other author/creatorNorman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
Other author/creatorN. G., illustrator.
Other author/creatorWhitehead, William, 1715-1785 Ode for the New-Year, 1776.
Other author/creatorRiviere & Son binder.
General noteAttributed to Hugh Henry Brackenridge in the Dictionary of American biography.
General notePrologue, p. [82-83], by signed: J.P. [i.e., John Parke?].
General noteFrontispiece signed: N.G. inv. Norman, sc.
General noteDedicated to Thomas Mifflin.
General noteThree 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 noteTwo 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 noteError in paging: p. 78 misnumbered 68.
General noteReproduction 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 noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formPlays 1777.
Genre/formSongs.
Genre/formPoems 1777.