A Poem, spoken extempore, by a young lady , on hearing the guns firing and bells chiming on account of the great and glorious acquisition of their Excellencies Gen. Washington and the C. de Grasse, by the surrender of York-Town ..

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Yorktown (Va.) - History - Siege, 1781 - Poetry

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A Poem, spoken extempore, by a young lady , on hearing the guns firing and bells chiming on account of the great and glorious acquisition of their Excellencies Gen. Washington and the C. de Grasse, by the surrender of York-Town ..