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NYP-N.776.051
8 Aug 1776:44 (1/32)
Just arrived from Philadelphia, and to be sold by John
Anderson at Beekman's Slip,
(price two shillings and six-pence)
The Fall of British Tyranny, or, American Liberty
Triumphant.
The First Campaign.
A tragi-comedy, of five acts, contained in twenty-six
scenes, among which are the following, viz.
A pleasing scene between Robert and Dick, two shepherds
near Lexington.
Clarissa, &c. A very moving scene on the death of Doctor
Warren, &c. in a chamber near Boston, the morning after the
battle at Bunker's Hill.
A humorous scene between the boatswain and a sailor, on
board a man of war, near Norfolk, in Virginia.
Two very laughable scenes between the boatswain, two
sailors, and the cook, exhibiting specimens of seafaring
oratory, and peculiar eloquence of those sons of Neptune,
touching Tories, convicts, and black Regulars; and between
Lord Kidnapper and the boatswain.
A very black scene between Lord Kidnapper and Major
Cudgjo.
A religious scene between Lord Kidnapper, Chaplain, and
the captain.
A scene, the Lord Mayor, &c. going to St. James's with the
address.
A droll scene, a council of war in Boston, between Lord
Boston, Admiral Tombstone, Elbow-room, Mr. Caper, General
Clinton and Earl Percy.
A diverting scene between a whig and a tory.
A spirited scene between General Prescot and Colonel
Allen.
A shocking scene, a dungeon, between Colonel Allen and an
officer of the guard.
Two affecting scenes in Boston, after the flight of the
regulars from Lexington, between Lord Boston, messenger, and
officers of the guard.
A patriotic scene in the camp at Cambridge between the
Generals Washington, Lee and Putnam, &c. &c.
With a dedication, preface, address of the Goddess of
Liberty to the Congress, drammatic personae, prologue,
epilogue, and a song in praise of King Tammany, the American
saint.
A much admired performance, truly dramatic, interspersed
with wit, humour, burlesque, and serious matter, which
cannot fail of affording abundant entertainment to readers
of every disposition. The whole comprised in seventy-three
pages, octavo, and a new and beautiful type. By the author
of the American Chronicles of the Times.
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