Creating the United States

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Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791) was an essayist, judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the best-known American composers in the eighteenth century. He wrote this celebratory song to honor General George Washington. “The Toast” was originally published in the Pennsylvania Packet, April 8, 1778.
Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791) was an essayist, judge, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the best-known American composers in the eighteenth century. He wrote this celebratory song to honor General George Washington. “The Toast” was originally published in the <em>Pennsylvania Packet,</em> April 8, 1778.