John Parke

1754-1789 , soldier and poet

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Letters from General Washington, to several of his friends in the year 1776. In which are set forth, a fairer and fuller view of American politicks, than ever yet transpired, or the public could be made acquainted with through any other channel. Together with the Reverend Mr. Jacob Duche's (late chaplain to the Congress) letter to Mr. Washington, and an answer to it, by Mr. John Parke, a lieutenant-colonel in Mr. Washington's army.
Date: in the year 1778
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The lyric works of Horace , translated into English verse: to which are added, a number of original poems. By a native of America. [Two lines of Latin quotation].
HoraceDate: M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]
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The death of General Montgomery , at the siege of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil].
Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.Date: M,DCC,LXXVII. [1777]
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The death of General Montgomery , in storming the city of Quebec. A tragedy. With an ode, in honour of the Pennsylvania militia, and the small band of regular continental troops, who sustained the campaign, in the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British forces from the banks of the Delaware. By the author of a dramatic piece, on the battle of Bunker's-Hill. To which are added, elegiac pieces, commemorative of distinguished characters, by different gentlemen. [Two lines from Pitt's Virgil].
Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816.Date: 1777