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Chesapeake and Shannon : A list of the killed and wounded on board the Chesapeake, furnished by Lieut. Chew, late purser of the Chesapeake

After a long list of the “killed and wounded on board the Chesapeake,” this elegy, a fourth text on the battle between Chesapeake and Shannon, fought on June 1, 1813 (see also Written and Corrected by James Campbell and The Battle Between the Chesapeake and Shannon), reflects the shock that the people of Boston felt over the slaughter within sight of the city’s shores. This seems to be more of a eulogy, cast in the meter of “Old Hundred” (see Order of Performances).

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Date

1813

Place of Publication

Boston.

Publisher

Coverly, Nathaniel, 1775?-1824, printer.

Subjects

Death
Wounds and injuries
Naval battles
Sailors
Ships

First Line

Columbians here behold the list.

Identifiers

BIB ID: 294174
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocm58785191
OCLC Control No.: (OCoLC)ocn191479630
Shaw, R.R. American Bibliography, 51280
Shaw, R.R. American Bibliography, 31138
AAS General Catalog URL: http://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=294174
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Physical Dimensions

30 x 24 cm.

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Citation

“Chesapeake and Shannon : A list of the killed and wounded on board the Chesapeake, furnished by Lieut. Chew, late purser of the Chesapeake,” Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballads Project, accessed October 22, 2026, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/281.