From the Virginia gazette, August 25. A parody on a late proclamation.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [1774] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13287. ^A478749 |
| General note | Verse of forty lines; first line: Humbly to imitate our Lord the King. |
| General note | Followed by: From the Massachusetts-spy. September 1, 1774. A general sample of gubernatorial eloquence, as lately exhibited to the company of c----s [i.e., councilors]. First line: Your Colonel h--k by neglect. |
| General note | The first poem is a parody of Governor Gage's proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, given at Salem on July 21, 1774 (Evans 13412). The second poem purports to be an attack on John Hancock by Gage. |
| General note | "The sheet may have been printed in Virginia."--Ford. |
| References | Evans 13287 |
| References | Ford, W.C. Broadsides, 1724 |
| References | Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 596 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13287). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1774. |
| Other title | Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va. : 1751-1778). 1774 Aug. 24. |
| Other title | Massachusetts spy (Boston, Mass.). 1774 Sept. 1. |
| Contains title | From the Massachusetts-spy. September 1, 1774. A general sample of gubernatorial eloquence ... |
| Other title | Parody on a late proclamation. |
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