A sonata : sung by a number of young girls, dressed in white and decked with wreaths and chaplets of flowers, holding baskets of flowers in their hands, as General Washington passed under the triumphal arch raised on the bridge at Trenton, April 21, 1789.
| Author/creator | Howell, Richard |
| Other author | Reinagle, Alexander, 1756-1809. |
| Other author | Washington, George, 1732-1799. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Trenton, N.J.] : [Printed by Isaac Collins], [1789] |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages ; (folio) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22094. ^A478749 |
| General note | Written by Richard Howell and sung to the tune of Handel's "See the conquering hero comes." Later set to music and published by Alexander Reinagle, to whom the words are sometimes mistakenly attributed. See: Stryker, William S. Washington's reception by the people of New Jersey in 1789 (Trenton, 1882). |
| General note | First line: Welcome, mighty chief! once more. |
| General note | Followed by a message from George Washington, addressed to the ladies, expressing his grateful acknowledgement. |
| General note | Ascribed to the press of Isaac Collins by Evans. |
| References | Evans 22094 |
| 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. 22094). |
| Genre/form | National songs. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |