Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 24

Unsold
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) [St. John, Peter or Samuel?] American Taxation: Keep These Things in Remembrance. Illustrated letterpress broadside, 14 x 9 inches; folds, toning, moderate dampstaining. [Enfield, MA?]: Luther Hyde, 1831

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A later edition of a popular broadside poem, recounting the dramatic events of the Revolution. Satan's plan to enslave America by taxation is thwarted by American patriots: "We have a great commander, who fears not sword or gun / As bold as Alexander, his name is Washington."