An attempt (by way of amusement) to sketch out some of the particulars relating to the rise and progress of Pennsylvania [electronic resource] / by a native of Philadelphia.

Author/Creator:

Duché, Jacob, 1738-1798.

Other Title:

Attempt to sketch out some of the particulars relating to the rise and progress of Pennsylvania

Publication:

[1765]

Series:

American history, 1493-1945.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (76 pages, bound) ; (4to)

Subjects:

Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Poetry.
Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Poetry.
Braddock, Edward, 1695?-1755 -- Poetry.
Manuscripts, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- Facsimiles.

Summary:

Blank verse history of the colony of Pennsylvania, including accounts of Penn's leadership and Braddock's defeat, which was published under the title Pennsylvania : a poem / by a student of the College of Philadelphia (Franklin and Hall, 1766)

Notes:

Ms.
Pref. signed: Amicus Pennsylvaniae.
Dated at end: Philadelphia, May 1765.
Native of Philadelphia and Amicus Pennsylvaniae = Jacob Duché.
Paginated in top corner of right-hand leaves, in a different hand.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2014. (American history, 1493-1945. Module 1, Settlement, commerce, revolution and reform, 1493-1859)

Contributor:

Duché, Jacob, 1738-1798.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Related Work:

Duché, Jacob, 1738-1798. Pennsylvania.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2281254

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