Hhe [sic] battle of the kegs : Together with the Chearful wife.
| Author/creator | Hopkinson, Francis |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Boston] : Sold at the Bible and Heart Cornhill, Boston, [between 1780 and 1806] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 36 x 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Battle of the kegs |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49720. ^A478749 |
| General note | Two poems. |
| General note | Battle of the kegs, first line: Gallants attend, and hear a friend. For attribution to Hopkinson in 1778, cf. Hastings, George Everett. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, Chicago, 1926, p. 290-295. |
| General note | The Chearful wife, first line: I once was a maiden as fresh as a rose. |
| General note | The Bible and Heart, Boston, was the sign of Thomas (1732-1797) and John Fleet from 1780 to 1797, of John and Thomas (1768-1827) Fleet from 1797 to 1803, and of Thomas Fleet (1768-1827) from 1803-1806. |
| General note | Text in two columns, separated by ornaments; printed area measures 30.7 x 17.0 cm. |
| General note | Not in Evans or Bristol. |
| 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. 49720). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1780. |
| Contains title | Cheerful wife. |
| Other title | Hhe battle of the kegs. |