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A receipt to make a speech. / By J----- G------, Esquire.

Attributed to Joseph Galloway by Evans. Also attributed to John Dickinson with date of publication 1764. Cf. Ford, Paul Leicester. The writings of John Dickinson (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1895), p. 143. Imprint supplied by Evans. New-York Historical copy has manuscript verse in six stanzas on verso; according to Leicester, it is written in John Dickinson's hand; first line: "Tho' I sweep to & fro' old iron to find"; the poem is known as "The sweeper"; damaged along creases, with slight loss of text.

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Attributed to Joseph Galloway by Evans. Also attributed to John Dickinson with date of publication 1764. Cf. Ford, Paul Leicester. The writings of John Dickinson (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1895), p. 143. Imprint supplied by Evans. New-York Historical copy has manuscript verse in six stanzas on verso; according to Leicester, it is written in John Dickinson's hand; first line: "Tho' I sweep to & fro' old iron to find"; the poem is known as "The sweeper"; damaged along creases, with slight loss of text.
Note
References: Evans 10472; ESTC W36303
NYHS Identifier
Broadsides -- SY1766 no.14
Member of
Revolutionary Era broadsides, 1763-1783
Genre
broadsides (notices)
satires (literary works)
Owning Institution
New-York Historical Society
Publisher
[Printed by William Bradford]
Type
Text
Subject (Topical)
Oratory--Humor
Full Title
A receipt to make a speech. / By J----- G------, Esquire.
Contributor
Dickinson, John, 1732-1808, attributed name
Bradford, William, 1719-1791, printer
Creator
Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
Digital Format
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Date Created
1766
Date Issued
1766
Extent
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 27 x 21 cm.
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