A Poem, on the Rising Glory of America: Being an Exercise Delivered at the Public Commencement at Nassau-hall, September 25, 1771

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The last stanzas (25-27) describe America in the coming millennium when America will be the new Eden.

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27 pp
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1772

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Ptd. by Joseph Crukshank
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Philadelphia, PA
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1772 Freneau, Philip Morin (1752-1832) [and Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816)]. A Poem, on the Rising Glory of America: Being an Exercise Delivered at the Public Commencement at Nassau-hall, September 25, 1771. Philadelphia, PA: Ptd. by Joseph Crukshank. The extent of Brackenridge’s involvement is unclear. See Stephen Adams, “Philip Freneau’s Summa of American Exceptionalism: ‘The Rising Glory of America’ Without Brackenridge.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 55.4 (Winter 2013): 390-405.  DLC

The last stanzas (25-27) describe America in the coming millennium when America will be the new Eden.

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The extent of Brackenridge’s involvement is unclear. See Stephen Adams, “Philip Freneau’s Summa of American Exceptionalism: ‘The Rising Glory of America’ Without Brackenridge.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 55.4 (Winter 2013): 390-405.

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Freneau (1752-1832)  Brackenridge (1748-1816)

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