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Creator Root, Geroge Frederick, 1820-1895. cmp
Contributor Washburn, Henry Stevenson, 1813-1903. lyr
Copcutt & Williams, engraver.
Root & Cady, publisher.
Title The vacant chair : or we shall meet but we shall miss him (Thanksgiving, 1861).
Publisher Chicago : Root & Cady, 95 Clark Street
Publisher ILL. Chicago. 1863
Date c1863
Physical Description 6 p. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Notes Composed by Geroge Frederick Root; words by H.S.W.
Illustration: Surrounding the title is an elaborate border in which there are scenes from the Civil War. Above the title is a small engraving of a family seated around a dining room table with the vacant chair. Engraver: Copcutt & Williams.
Civil War song.
Page 2 is an advertisement for cabinet organs from Root & Cady; Page 6 lists new music published by Root & Cady; In poor condition- taped and torn; Publisher's Plate# 133-4; Included in "Early American Sheet Music" by Dichter and Shapiro, p.117; Included in "Music for Patriots, Politicians and Presidents" by Vera Brodsky Lawrence (New York, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. 1975) p. 375. LCP has another edition of this piece: 9940.F.18 (Beitler)
Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Genre Sheet music.
Illustrator Copcutt & Williams, engraver.
Printer Root & Cady, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books Rare| Sheet Music Vac 11441.F
Accession number 11441.F

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