Odes to be Sung a the Celebration of Washington's Birth-Day, N.p. [Washington Benevolent Society of the County of Hampton]: n.p. [Westfield, Massachusetts], 1816. Letterpress broadside, single-sided, 1 p, 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches.

Printed with the text of two untitled and uncredited "Odes" to be sung at what would have been George Washington's 84th birthday celebration in Westfield, Massachusetts. The first poem lauds Washington's many virtues and presents his legacy as a lodestar for contemporary patriots, reading in part: "When the Almighty's behest / In these climes of the west / Bade empire be / From the treasures of Heav'n / Was our Washington giv'n / And tyrant pow'r was driven / By liberty." The second poem was apparently composed by the Rev. Charles Jenkins and was later published as the closing words in his own memorial tribute, published in 1833 by American printer and poet Daniel Clement Colesworthy (1810-1893), who asserted that it was "written for the anniversary of Washington's birth-day, and sung on the occasion."