Battle of the kegs

Mss.973.391.H77b

Date: 1866 | Size: 1 volume(s)
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Abstract

Printed version of Hopkinson's poem illustrated with pen and ink sketches. Contains 22 pen and ink sketches by B.F.Bensel.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 volume.

General

Film 119a

Early American History Note

This bound folio is a limited edition print of Francis Hopkinson's "Battle of the Kegs," which recounts an attempt by Philadelphians to attack British ships in the Delaware with floating kegs of gunpowder. Each verse is accompanied by a detailed sketch. Printed in 1866, the sketches can provide some insight into the historical memory of nineteenth-century Philadelphia.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Poems.
  • Printed Material

Subject(s)

  • Literature, Arts, and Culture