(Battle of Quebec) Song Sheet, 220 x 190 mm. (8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.), “BATTLE OF QUEBEC, AND DEATH OF WOLFE.” (Boston: J. G & H. Hunt, [c. 1834-1836]).

A rare edition of these popular songs composed soon after Wolfe’s dramatic victory (and death) on the Plains of Abraham. It appears that this song sheet was issued to honor the 75th anniversary of the battle.  The second piece, “Death of Wolfe” was composed by Thomas Paine and was said to have been written in 1759, but its first appearance in print was in the Pennsylvania Magazine in March 1775.^* 1834 also marked the year in which the obelisk in Quebec was erected in honor of both Wolfe and Montcalm (both of whom died of their wounds soon after the battle) was completed.^†

Extremely Rare. We have been able to locate two extant examples of this printing, one at the American Antiquarian Society and Houghton Library, Harvard University (OCLC 799202792).
 
Marginal wear, very minor separation at one fold, soiling and damp stains.

(EXA 4974) $850
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^* Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society: 1639-1800 (1922), 158.
^† “Monument to Wolfe and Montcalm. Anniversary of the Battle of the Plains” Daily National Intelligencer (Washington), 1 Nov. 1834, 2.