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The "Liberty Song": One of the Earliest Patriotic Songs in the Thirteen American Colonies....
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The "Liberty Song": One of the Earliest Patriotic Songs in the Thirteen American Colonies. The Boston Chronical (MA), Sept 5, 1768, 8 pgs., 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" folded. Newspaper contains a prominent inside page headline: "THE LIBERTY SONG. IN FREEDOM WE'RE BORN..." with an attractive 2 column, large type printing of "The Liberty Song", a pre-American Revolutionary song with lyrics by Founding Father John Dickinson. The song is notable as one of the earliest patriotic songs in the Thirteen Colonies. Dickinson's seventh verse offers the earliest known publication of the phrase that parallels the motto "united we stand, divided we fall", a patriotic slogan that has prominently appeared several times throughout U.S. history. A very rare issue.Condition: Disbound, slightly loose at left edge, else fine.
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2025 October 24 - 25 Americana & Political Signature® Auction #6324 (go to Auction Home page)
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