The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 3 (of 3)Freneau, Philip Morin
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The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 3 (of 3)
Freneau, Philip Morin
American poetry
No printed copy of this has thus far been discovered. A manuscript
copy of unknown origin is in the Du Simitière collection of the
Library Company of Philadelphia. Endorsed upon it are the words
"Printed in New York August. 1775. By Gaine." See Vol. I, 152
_supra_.
1775
A | Voyage | to | Boston. | A | Poem.| [_Quotation of five lines from
Shakespeare._] By the Author of American Liberty, a Poem: General |
Gage's Soliloquy, &c.|
New-York: Printed by John Anderson,| at Beekman's Slip.| 12mo; pp.
[III]-IV, [5]-24.
See Vol. I, 158, _supra_. _Copies_: C, LCP, NYHS.
1775
A | Voyage | to | Boston. | A | Poem.| [_Quotation of five lines from
Shakespeare._]| By the Author of American Liberty, a Poem: General |
Gage's Soliloquy, &c.|
Philadelphia: | Sold by | William Woodhouse, | in Front street.| M, DCC,
LXXV.| 12mo; pp. [III]-iv, [5]-24.
A reprint of the Anderson edition. _Copies_: AAS, HSP, NYHS, PU.
1775
General Gage's | Confession,| Being the Substance of | His Excellency's
last Conference,| With his Ghostly Father, Friar Francis.| [_Quotation
of one line from Virgil._]| By the Author of the Voyage to Boston. | A
Poem, &c.|
Printed in the Year, 1775.| Small 8vo; pp. [3]-8.
The copy in the possession of the Library Company of Philadelphia is
at present believed to be unique. Written on the title page by a
contemporary hand are the words "By Gaine. Published October 25:
1775."
1778
The | Travels | of the | Imagination;| a true Journey from | New Castle
to London.| To which are added,| American Independence,| an |
everlasting deliverance | from | British Tyranny: | a Poem.|
Philadelphia: | Printed, by Robert Bell, in Third-Street.| M DCC
LXXVIII.| 12mo.
The main work is by James Murray. Freneau's poem, pp. [113]-126
of the volume, has the title page:
American | Independence,| an everlasting | Deliverance | from |
British Tyranny.| A Poem.| By Philip F----, Author of the American
Village,| Voyage to Boston, &c.| [_Quotation of six lines from
Shakespeare._]|
Philadelphia: Printed, by Robert Bell, in Third-Street.| M DCC
LXXVIII.|
The same sheets were used to form part VI of "Miscellanies | for
| Sentimentalists," published the same year by Bell.
See Vol. I, 271, _supra_. _Copy_: HSP.
1779
Sir Henry Clinton's Invitation to the Refugees.
The only evidence at present of the separate publication of this piece
is the entry in Frank Moore's _Songs and Ballads of the American
Revolution_ (N. Y. 1856, p. 259): "We have it in a ballad sheet,
dated 1779."
See Vol. II, p. 7, _supra_.
1781
The British Prison-Ship:|A | Poem,| in four Cantoes.|
{ 1. The Capture,
{ 2. The Prison-Ship,
Viz. Canto { 3. The Prison-Ship, continued,
{ 4. The Hospital-Prison-Ship.
To which is added,| A Poem on the Death of Capt. N. Biddle,| who was
blown up, in an Engagement with the | Yarmouth, near Barbadoes.|
[_Quotation of thirteen lines from Milton._]|
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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