Format:
1 Online-Ressource (Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text)
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59 x 46 cm
Series Statement:
Early American Imprints. Series II : Shaw/Shoemaker 1801-1819
Uniform Title:
Escape from Basseterre
Note:
Imprint dates suggested by typography. Another edition, held by the American Antiquarian Society and filmed by Readex Microprint as a second entry for Shaw & Shoemaker 51243, is dated 1814 in a contemporary hand
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Shaw & Shoemaker, 51243
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Six poems
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The sheet is divided into four quadrants, with one or two poems printed in two columns within ornamental borders in each quadrant; title printed across full width of sheet at head; printed area measures 55.8 x 41.1 cm
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Russell's adventures, containing a sketch of the author's own life (first line: I was born in New Hampshire, in Hillsborough County)--Filial affection (first line: In my youth I was blest by the smiles of a mother)--Russell's reflections, occasioned by a retrospective view of the scenes of his own life, while lying in irons in the Moro Castle (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)--Russell's adieu, or The lover's parting epistle (first line: Farewell, my dear Charlotte, adieu my dear true love)--The escape from Bassaterre [i.e., Basseterre]. Being an account of an action fought off Gaudaloupe, in 1805, where ninety-five Americans, and near three hundred Britons made their escape from the prison at that place. ... (first line: Come all ye bold seamen who plough the rough main)..
Language:
English
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