Hhe [sic] battle of the kegs. Together with the Chearful [sic] wife.

All titles

• Hhe [sic] battle of the kegs. Together with the Chearful [sic] wife.
• Battle of the kegs
• Cheerful wife.

People / Organizations

• Francis Hopkinson (Author)

Imprint

[Boston]: Sold at the Bible and Heart Cornhill, Boston, [not before 1780 and not after 1806]

Publication year

?

ESTC No.

W1129

Grub Street ID

320477

Description

1 sheet : ill. (relief cut) ; 36 x 22 cm

Note

Two poems.

Battle of the kegs, first line: Gallants attend, and hear a friend. For attribution to Hopkinson in 1778, cf. Hastings, George Everett. The life and works of Francis Hopkinson, Chicago, 1926, p. 290-295.

The Chearful wife, first line: I once was a maiden as fresh as a rose.

The Bible and Heart, Boston, was the sign of Thomas (1732-1797) and John Fleet from 1780 to 1797, of John and Thomas (1768-1827) Fleet from 1797 to 1803, and of Thomas Fleet (1768-1827) from 1803-1806.

Uncontrolled note

Not in Evans. - Not in Ford, W.C. Broadsides