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]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 44 x 18 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
Subjects

Uniform titleAmerican taxation.
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 49311. ^A478749
General noteSong, 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 noteVariously attributed to Peter St. John of Norwalk, Conn., and Samuel St. John of New Canaan, Conn.
General noteBased 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 noteText in three columns; printed area measures 38.9 x 14.2 cm.
General noteNot in Evans or Bristol.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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/formBroadsides.
Genre/formNational songs.