The lines on this sheet, were composed by the unfortunate Russell, while laying in irons in the Moro-Castle : who has been prevented from obtaining a livelihood in the ordinary pursuits of life, from wounds received in battle.

Author/creator Russell, P.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1814?]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 56 x 46 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 51243. ^A575643
Contents Filial affection (first line: In my youth I was blest by the smiles of a mother)--Russell's adieu. Or the lover's parting epistle (first line: Farewell my dear Charlotte, adieu my dear truelove)--Russell's adventures. Being a concise detail of the various incidents which have befallen the author during the last ten years of his life (first line: I was born in New-Hampshire in Hillsborough County)--Russell's reflections occasioned by a retrospective view of the scenes of his own life (first line: In my youth I was nurs'd by the goddess of peace)--Love and misfortune (first line: I enter'd the mansion where dwelt my dear Charlotte)--The escape from Basseterre. ... (first line: Come all ye bold seamen who plough the rough main).
General noteSix poems.
General noteThe only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, is dated 1814 in a contemporary hand.
General noteThe sheet is divided into four quadrants, with one or two poems printed in two columns within ornamental borders in each quadrant; title printed within ornamental border of upper left quadrant; printed area measures 48.3 x 43.3 cm.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 51243
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 51243).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formPoems 1814.
Genre/formBegging poems.
Contains title Filial affection.
Contains title Russell's adieu.
Contains title Russell's adventures.
Contains title Russell's reflections.
Contains title Love and misfortune.
Contains title Escape from Basseterre.

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