Song in eight unnumbered stanzas, with chorus; first line: Of all the many mighty things in this here Quaker city,., The American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, flourished between 1849 and 1856., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 21.3 x 14.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Eastlack, Francis F., b. 1833
Date
[between 1849 and 1856]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1849 Eastlack 15143.Q (Roughwood)
Caption title., Without music., Hymns printed in two columns divided by a single rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 31.0 x 14.2 cm., Contents: The happy land -- The Sunday school army -- Beautiful river -- Dismission., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1868 Sunday 17239.Q (Roughwood)
Verse in four unnumbered stanzas; first line: The shadows of death are upon us, and a calamity has occurred,., On Jan. 9, 1889, a tornado swept over Reading, Pa., destroying the Grimshaw Silk Mill and the Reading Railroad paint shop, killing 17 and injuring more than 100 people., Printed area, including mourning border, measures 25.3 x 19.8 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Bessel, Fred
Date
[1889?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1889 Bessel 112042.O (Roughwood)
A hymn in five verses and a chorus, words only; first line: Kommt ihr Freunde, wir eilen jeszt fort., Caption title., Dated by Yoder, "probably from the late nineteenth century.", Printed area measures 14.4 x 6.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[between 1850 and 1900?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1850 Sehns 106030.D (Roughwood)
