Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Original Manuscript Poem, titled “Old England,” by Phineas Smith, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.5 x 12.5. Although titled “Old England,” this poem is a definite mocking jab at the “Mother country,” as it includes a litany of famous American figures and their successes in fighting against the British from the Revolutionary War through the current War of 1812 period. Poem begins:
“Old England forty years ago
When we were young and slender
She aimed at us a mortal blow
But God was our Defender.
Jehovah saw the horrid plan
Great Washington he gave us
His holiness inspired the man
With power and skill to save us
She sent her fleets and armies over
To ravage hill and plunder
Our heroes met them on the shore
And beat them back with thunder”
Poem goes on to reference historic events, battles and name-dropping of the likes of Decatur, Perry, Breckenridge, Madison, Macombs, and others. In fair condition, with partial separations along fragile horizontal folds, old tape reinforcement to hinge, scattered moderate toning and soiling, and a few brushes to text.
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