Hope: a poem delivered at an exhibition in Cambridge, July 10, 1800


Autoria(s): Mansfield, Joseph , 1771-1830
Data(s)

1800

Resumo

This four-page handwritten poem was composed by Harvard student Joseph Mansfield for a College exhibition on July 8, 1800. The poem begins, "I am not blesd, but may hereafter be; / Who knows what fortune has in store for me?" and concludes with verses about the American Revolutionary War and George Washington.

by Jos. Mansfield.

Title transcribed from document.

The poem was printed as a pamphlet by William Hilliard in 1800, and a second edition of the poem was published in Fitchburg, Massachusetts by Reveille Steam Printing Works.

Joseph Mansfield (1771-1830) received an AB from Harvard in 1801. He later practiced medicine in Groton, Massachusetts.

Formato

.03 cubic feet (1 folder)

[4 p.] ; 30 cm.

Identificador

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16732469

http://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/view/51416335?width=150&height=150&usethumb=y

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:16732469

http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/prod/cna/9599170

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Harvard University Archives

Palavras-Chave #Patriotism--United States--Poetry #United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 #Washington, George--1732-1799
Tipo

Poems-1800.

Harvard students' poems.

Orations-Massachusetts-18th century.