Taxation of America.
| Other author | St. John, Peter, 1726-1811. |
| Other author | St. John, Samuel. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [United States] : [publisher not identified], [between 1777 and 1810] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 44 x 18 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | American taxation. |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 49311. ^A478749 |
| General note | Song, in thirty-seven numbered stanzas, concerning the taxes imposed by Great Britain on the American colonies and the subsequent revolution; first lines: While I relate my story, Americans give ear. |
| General note | Variously attributed to Peter St. John of Norwalk, Conn., and Samuel St. John of New Canaan, Conn. |
| General note | Based on textual references to the battle at Brandywine and Burgoyne's defeat, the poem was probably written in 1777. Use of the long "s" suggests imprint date before 1810. |
| General note | Text in three columns; printed area measures 38.9 x 14.2 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. 49311). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
| Genre/form | National songs. |