Ode for the year 1763. : By Lawrence Swinney, A.M. --L.D.-- and M.D. Alas, poor Swinney!.

Author:: Swinney, Lawrence
Additional Titles:: Is peace so near
Published:: [Philadelphia, Pa. ?] : [publisher not identified], [1763]
Physical Description:: 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 31 x 18 cm

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A satirical song about the end of the war against the French and Spanish.
Verse in twelve numbered stanzas; first line: Is peace so near?----.
Caption title.
Lawrence "Bloody-news" Swinney, whose name appears in connection with the New-York Gazette, is probably a pseudonym. (See also Bristol B2241, B2696 & B2796)
The ornamental rule between columns (Reilly 762) was used in Philadelphia from ca. 1758 to ca. 1771 by a variety of printers.
Printed area measures 28.9 x 12.1 cm.
Not in: Evans; Bristol; Shipton & Mooney.
Historical Society broadside housed at HSP.
NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
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English short title catalogue, W42460

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