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NYP-N.776.048e
1 Aug 1776:43 (31)
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 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 Cudgyo. 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 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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