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1859 Edition - Poem on the Battle of Bunker Hill - by Col. William Emmons

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1859 Edition - Poem on the Battle of Bunker Hill - by Col. William Emmons
American Revolution
1859 Original Volume on the Battle of Bunker Hill
1859 Edition Book titled, “Poem on the Battle of Bunker Hill,” by Col. William Emmons, Choice Very Fine.
Very Rare original 1859 edition of American Revolutionary War Patriotic Poem is fully titled, “The Battle of Bunker Hill. Or The Temple of Liberty; An Historic Poem in Four Cantons.” Written by Colonel William Emmons, Boston, June 17, 1859. “Respectfully Dedicated to the Friends of national Liberty Throughout the World.” Stated 10th Edition. This outstanding volume measures 5.25” x 7.75” and contains 144 pages plus an engraved frontispiece portrait of the Author.

First published in 1839, this Epic Poem is both an ode to the patriotic spirit of the American people at the time of the Revolutionary War and a detailed telling of the events of the battle of Bunker Hill in poetic form. Also included is an appendix that features some of the important "articles from the journal of the Provincial Congress, relating to the early difficulties between the colonies and the mother country". The Author William Emmons was a Boston author and poet (originally from Kentucky) who wrote biographies of Martin Van Buren, and Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, both of which are now scarce.

The original, Battle of Bunker Hill Epic Poem is bound its original, blind stamped, black cloth covers which are intact, sound and very attractive - clean and crisp but with chipping at the spine ends and light edge wear. The interior pages are complete, tight and very well preserved throughout. A very rare and wonderful, 1859 edition of American Revolutionary War Colonel William Emmons' Epic Poem on the Battle of Bunker Hill and a fantastic addition to any collection