HUGH HENRY BRACKENRIDGE, born near Campbelton, Scotland, in 1748,
died in Carlyle, Pa., June 25, 1816. He came with his parents to
America, when only five years of age, was graduated from Princeton in
1771, and continued as a tutor in that college. He next studied
divinity, and took charge of an academy in Maryland; was editor of
_The United States Magazine_ in Philadelphia in 1776, and a chaplain
in the American army in the war of the Revolution. He afterwards
studied law under Samuel Chase. In 1781 he crossed the Alleghanies,
established himself at Pittsburg, took an active part in the Whiskey
Insurrection, and after that affair was over took pains to vindicate
his conduct by the publication of _Incidents of the Insurrection in
the Western Parts of Pennsylvania_. He was afterwards Judge of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. A Dramatic Piece of Five Acts, in heroic
measure; by a Gentleman of Maryland.
Pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis.--Virgil.
'Tis glorious to die in battle.
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third Street,
1776. Frontispiece. 8vo, pp. [8], 5-49, [1].
This play was recited by Brackenridge's pupils in 1776. It was
dedicated to Robt. Stockton. The principal characters are
well-known officers in the American and British Armies.
THE DEATH OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY, AT THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC. A Tragedy,
with an Ode in honor of the Pennsylvania Militia, and the small
band of regular Continental troops who sustained the campaign in
the depth of winter, January, 1777, and repulsed the British
forces from the banks of the Delaware. To which are added
Elegiacal Pieces, commemorative of Distinguished characters.
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, 1777.
Frontispiece. 8vo, pp. 79, [5].
Another edition, Norwich, J. Trumbull, 1777. 8vo, pp. 68.
Also Phila., 1797. 12mo, pp. 68.