The orphan boy; The galley slave, and the Sailor's return.

ID 18935
Title The orphan boy; The galley slave, and the Sailor's return.
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Volumes 1
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Date of Publication 1810
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Location of Printing Boston US
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Length (cm) 22
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Three poems.
The orphan boy; or Nelson's victory, attributed to Amelia Opie in Philbrick, Thomas L. "British authorship of ballads in the Isaiah Thomas collection," Studies in bibliography, papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, v. 9, 1957, p. 255-258; first line: Stay, lady--stay for mercy's sake.
The galley slave, attributed to James C. Cross, first line: Oh! think on my fate, once I freedom enjoy'd.
Sailor's return, attributed to Isaac Bickerstaffe, first line: Behold, from many a hostile shore.
American Antiquarian Society copy bound in the Isaiah Thomas collection of broadside ballads, v. I, no. 57, "purchased from a ballad printer and seller in Boston" and presented to the society in August 1814. Most, if not all, of these issues were published after 1810, cf. Ford, W.C. The Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads, 1924.
Text in two columns; printed area measures 24.6 x 15.9 cm.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Ford, W.C. Broadsides, ballads, &c. printed in Massachusetts, 1639-1800,
Ford, W.C. Isaiah Thomas collection of ballads,
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Opie, Amelia, Cross, James Cross, Bickerstaff, Isaac. The orphan boy; The galley slave, and the Sailor's return.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18935, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18935. Accessed 2025-11-07.

Opie, Amelia, James C. Cross, and Isaac Bickerstaff. The orphan boy; The galley slave, and the Sailor's return. Boston: 1810. 

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