Columbia & Brittannia: a play. As it is performed at the hall in East Hampton Academy. By Jabez Peck AM. [1786]

Original manuscript prompt copy of the play "Columbia and Britannia" by Jabez Peck, created for a performance of the work at the East Hampton Academy (Clinton Academy, East Hampton, Long Island) in April of 1786. Peck was a scholar and teacher of Greek and Latin at the Clinton Academy. Manuscript bears the owner's inscription by John Lyon Gardiner of East Hampton who is listed for the role of Arator in the manuscript's opening list of dramatis personae. Other cast members include John C. Brush as Fabius (George Washington), David Gardiner as Iracundas (General Putnam), Maltby Gelston as Perjurus (Benedict Arnold), Polly Chapman as Columbia, Nancy Rysam as Britannia, et al. Also included is a prologue by William Payne. Odd numbered pages on versos of leaves. Published as: Columbia and Britannia : a dramatic piece / by a citizen of the United States. New-London : Printed by T. Green, 1787.