Case Wheeler Attributed Dodd Steven (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Thomas and Samuel Green, New-Haven, 1778
- Softcover
Seller: Gordon Hopkins Americana, Yardley, PA, U.S.A.Gordon Hopkins Americana
Contact seller5-star sellerOriginal Wraps. Condition: Fair/Poor. Second Edition. Misprinted date "mdcclxxxviii." Revolutionary war poems focused on the events of the year 1777. The poems chronicle the latest events as this work went to the press: the span of time from the fall of Fort Ticonderoga to Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga. (The patriot victory at S…aratoga proved to be a turning point in the war, as it convinced the French of the viability of the Rebel cause, causing France to enter the conflict on the American side shortly thereafter.) The contents of this book are the following poems: The Contest betwixt the Eagle and the Crane, composed Feb. 1776 (the text is accompanied by the work's only illustration, see photos.); This illustration was taken from Benjamin Franklin's device and motto for his 1775 $3. continental currency note, printed by Hall & Sellers. The image here is a mirror image of the one on the $3. bill; and Case, our author, changed Franklin's motto from "Exitus In Dubio Est," translated as "The Outcome is in Doubt" to "Exitus In Dubio Non Est," translated as "The Outcome Is Not In Doubt." This is followed by the poems, A Dialogue between Col. Paine, and Miss Clorinda Fairchild, when taking his leave of her, to go on the northern Expedition; St. Clair's Flight and Burgoyne's Defeat; The Lamentations of General Burgoyne; The Fall of Burgoyne; The Vanity of Trusting in an Arm of Flesh; The Tragical Death of Miss Jane McCrea, who was scalped, and inhumanely butchered by a scouting party of Burgoyne's army, on his way towards Albany; and, An Answer for the messengers of the Nation. Condition: As found in its original state, untrimmed with original blank paper cover signed on verso by owner, Ebenezer Rowe. There is a horizontal 1 1/2" closed tear at the spine, which encroaches into the text, resulting in some loss of a few letters of a few words per page, but generally not affecting sense, see photos. Title page has a closed tear. Pages have dog-earing and some staining, with edge wear. Complete text except for the last leaf, page 23, 24, of which only a remnant remains. Also, lacks back cover. Very rare to the market. The last copy appears to have been sold at the 1886 Brinley sale. Evans 15755, Wegelin, O. Early American Poetry 59. ESTC W9050. I will also include the 1852 First Edition of Steven Dodd's "Revolutionary Memorials, embracing the Poems by the Reverend Wheeler Case, published in 1778, and an Appendix." where this work was reprinted for the first time, and the author was identified. Signed by Owner.
