Houghton MS Am 1013 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Revolutionary lyrics manuscript
Archive	Houghton Library
Call Number	Houghton MS Am 1013
Complete	Yes
Description	Joshua Francis Fisher, ca. 1779. 3 poems. Poems satirizing the organizers of the American Revolution.
Format	Quarto size, wove paper
Book Size	19cm x 16.4cm
Filled Page Count	19 leaves
Item Count	3
Poem Count	3
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	No
Digitized	Yes
Region	Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States of America
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Public affairs Satire - political Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Houghton MS Am 1013.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/377. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
Created	2020-04-23 6:01:41 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:13:07 AM

First Line	Context
Like a Newton sublimely he soar'd	pp. 11–12 Local title: n/a Attributed author: B.F. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

First Line

Context

pp. 11–12

Local title: n/a

Attributed author: B.F.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Regular, but incorrect for 2/3 items.
Binding	Post-bound. No blanks. Bound pamphlet style. "Revolutionary Lyrics" written on the back-cover.
Decorations - printed	The front cover features a picture of (and verses on) a harp; the back cover features a picture of a group of soldiers and a stanza on the same. Both have a striped border.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	Annotations. Corrections (of punctuation and letters) written beside the text (like an annotation would be) instead of next to or on-top of the text. A very neat manuscript, like an editor's copy.
Ownership mark	"J. Francis Fisher" written on the front page, and signed on p. 1.