Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project

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American taxation. This song was written when the trump of war sounded through this happy land, and although peculiarly applicable to those times, cannot but be received with approbation at the present day

This essay, American Taxation, now bound into the Thomas collection, was not in the original collection. Its introduction echoes the other edition of this broadside.

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Date

1810-1830?

Place of Publication

Boston.

Subjects

Taxation
England
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
Patriotism

First Line

Whilst I relate my story, Americans give ear.

Identifiers

BIB ID: 272918
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocm80923078
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocn191452902
Ford, W.C. Thomas ballads, 9
Wegelin, O. Early American poetry, 1239
AAS General Catalog URL: http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=272918
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Physical Dimensions

29 x 21 cm.

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Citation

“American taxation. This song was written when the trump of war sounded through this happy land, and although peculiarly applicable to those times, cannot but be received with approbation at the present day,” Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project, accessed October 5, 2023, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/41.