The petition and lamentation of Benjamin Fowler; : who served faithfully in the American army, eight years and four months; in which service he lost one eye, and ruined his constitution: since which, by the misfortune of a cancer in his leg, was obliged t

First line: Good people all both great and small. Text in two columns- separated by a single rule. "Full eight long years I served there- my country to defend; now I'm forsook- my nature broke- may each one be my friend. In Canada with Montgom'ry- where many men did die; the smallpox there I had a share- and lost my precious eye."--stanzas 4 and 5. General Richard Montgomery led the Continental Army against Montreal in 1775. He served in an earlier campaign against Montreal in 1759 during the French and Indian War. Dates of publication conjectured by cataloguer from internal evidence. Place of publication conjectured by cataloguer- based on similar items included in Ford- W.C.- Broadsides. References: ESTC W470770.