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Watchman's address on the return of Christmas, 1851.
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Contributor
Doran, Andrew L., associated name.
Title
Watchman's address on the return of Christmas, 1851.
Title
Now Christmas dawns, the season dear
Title
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Publisher
[Philadelphia, Pa. : s.n]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1851
Date
[1851]
Physical Description
1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 48 x 30 cm
Notes
Verse in fifty-six lines; first line: Now Christmas dawns, the season dear.
Caption title.
At head of title is a woodcut eagle with the banner: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The poems is printed in two columns divided by a wavy rule.
At foot is a woodcut of a watchman on a snowy night, along with "Counting house almanac" for 1852, "Solar and lunar eclipses for the year, 1852," and "Regulations of the state house bell in case of fire."
Printed area, including arched ornamental border, measures 43.5 x 26.6 cm.
Library Company copy pasted to a 20th-century hand-painted sign advertising: Sermons by the Redemptorist preacher Rev. Andrew L. Doran, ...
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Christmas -- Poetry.
Fire alarms -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Watchmen -- Pictorial works.
Watchmen -- Poetry.
Genre
Broadside poems.
Broadsides.
Calendars -- 1852.
Poems -- 1851.
Relief prints.
Provenance
Doran, Andrew L., associated name.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts| Rare| #Am 1851 Watch 9521.F (Roughwood)
Accession number
9521.F (Roughwood)
In Collections
Roughwood Collection
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