1805 · Providence
by B[urder], G[eorge]
Providence: re-printed by J. Carter, 1805. Folio broadside approx. 19¾" x 13½", text in triple column beneath the running head; signed in type at the end, 'G. B.' previous folds, the central fold split with some small loss of letters at the intersections of the folds (sense remains clear), and with an early repair made with thread - approx. 30 stitches in all. First printed in Edinburgh in 1791 in a chapbook of 24 pages. Many other editions appeared well into the 19th century in both England and America. Its first appearance in America was also a broadside printed in Boston 1798 (see Evans 33386 where it is attributed to Gregory Bedell). Harvard only (truncated)