The Columbian tragedy: Containing a part[icular] a[n]d [offici]al account of the brave and unfortunate officers and soldiers, who were slain and wounded in the [ev]er-memorable and bloody Indian battle ... Nov. 4, 1791; between two thousand Americans, belonging to the United Army, and near five tho[usan]d wild Indian savages, at Miami-Village, near Fort-Washington, in the Ohio-country
Poetry. Forty-one numbered stanzas of verse printed in four columns within mourning border, with title, "A funeral elegy on the occasion." Preceded by a "List of killed and wounded officers." With several cuts: At head, two rows of coffins bearing the names of the thirty-nine officers killed; five additional cuts throughout text, among them cf.'Reilly 1575, 280, and 456' At end of text: America: Boston; Printed by E. Russell, for Thomas Bassett, of Dunbarton (New-Hamp.)... Said Bassett sells Bickerstaff's Almanack, for 1792, as cheap as at this Office. First line of poem: Ye friends to men attend the tale.
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