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NYM(G.776.061
5 Aug 1776:42 (1295)
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, containing twenty-six scenes, among which are the
following, viz. A pleasing scene between Roger 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 of the battle of Bunker's-Hill. A humorous
scence 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 Codgjo.[?]
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, Drammatis 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
comprized 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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