Printed in two columns; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 18.3 x 13.1 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1861?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1861 Fried 14030.Q (Rough- wood)
Poem written in 1864? by Marie Ravenel de Lacoste; later set to music by John Hill Hewitt., First line: Into a ward of the white-washed halls., Verse in five stanzas., Printed area measures 17 x 10 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
La Coste, Marie Ravenel de
Date
[1864?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm #Am 1864 La Coste 54304.O.4
A slip-song in twelve stanzas; first line: Ye whimsical people of fair London town,., The statue in question, torn down in 1737 along with the Stocks Market to make room for the Mansion House, is alleged in this verse to have represented, at various times, Oliver Cromwell (Great Noll), King John Sobieski of Poland, and King Charles II., Printed area measures 33.3 x 7.5 cm., Library Company copy is pasted to the verso of a plate and facing p. 461, in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739); with his MS. note.
Date
[1737]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.11
Verse in four unnumbered stanzas., Printed area, including ornamental border, measures 22.6 x 7.7 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Foster 13944.Q (Stod- dard)
Verse in twelve stanzas., At foot of poem: David Gingry, Jr., A prose account of Gingry's service in the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War, precedes the poem; Gingry was severely wounded and sold the poem to support his family., At head of title: Price ten cents each side., Printed side-by-side with The Empty sleeve, then separated for sale., Printed in two columns separated by a vertical rule; the printed area, including ornamental border, measures 24.2 x 12.2 cm., Library Company copy was pasted into a scrapbook, then removed; newspaper clippings of other poems are pasted to the verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Wounded 13924.Q
Verse in ten stanzas., At foot of poem: David Gingry, Jr., A prose account of Gingry's service in the Army of the Potomac, during the Civil War, precedes the poem; Gingry was severely wounded and sold the poem to support his family., At head of title: Price ten cents each side., Printed side-by-side with The Wounded soldier's appeal, then separated for sale., Printed in two columns separated by a vertical rule; the printed area, including ornamental border, measures 24.2 x 12.1 cm., Library Company copy was pasted into a scrapbook, then removed; newspaper clippings of other poems are pasted to the verso., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[ca. 1865?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Empty 13925.Q
Verse in three stanzas., In praise of Ward's assistance to New Jersey soldiers and their families during the Civil War., Signed at end: Thomas Buchanan Read., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm# Am 1865 Read 9266.F
Hymn in nine stanzas; words only; a translation of Joseph Hart's Rainbow; first line: Als taub für jede Warnungsstimm',., Includes "Tod des Gläubigen Gewinn. Philipper i. 21.--Kent. C.M.", a hymn in nine stanzas; words only; a translation of a hymn by John Kent; first line: Zu stimmen in der Sel'gen Sang,., Two hymns printed side by side, divided by a single rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 19.9 x 13.0 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Hart, J. (Joseph), 1712-1768
Date
1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1846 Hart 14318.Q (Roughwood)
Hymn in nine stanzas; words only; a translation of Joseph Hart's Rainbow; first line: Als taub für jede Warnungsstimm',., Includes "Tod des Gläubigen Gewinn. Philipper i. 21.--Kent. C.M.", a hymn in nine stanzas; words only; a translation of a hymn by John Kent; first line: Zu stimmen in der Sel'gen Sang,., Two hymns printed side by side, divided by a single rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 19.9 x 13.0 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Hart, J. (Joseph), 1712-1768
Date
1846
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare sm # Am 1846 Hart 14318.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)
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)
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)
Verse in 18 stanzas., Printed in two columns, divided by a double rule; printed area, including ornamental border, measures 35.4 x 25.4 cm., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date
[1862]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1862 Annual 9666.F (Rough- wood)
Verse in ten unnumbered stanzas; first line: Glück zu! ihr Werthen Kunden mein,., Caption title., Presumably printed late in 1828 by Jacob Baab and Herman W. Villee, printers of the Lancaster Adler, for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Verse printed in two columns divided by a column of type ornaments; printed area, including arched ornamental border, measures 35.7 x 23.3 cm., Not in Shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1828]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1828 Neujahrs 9519.F (Roughwood)
Verse in ten unnumbered stanzas; first line: Glück zu! ihr Werthen Kunden mein,., Caption title., Presumably printed late in 1828 by Jacob Baab and Herman W. Villee, printers of the Lancaster Adler, for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Verse printed in two columns divided by a column of type ornaments; printed area, including arched ornamental border, measures 35.7 x 23.3 cm., Not in Shoemaker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1828]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1828 Neujahrs 9519.F (Roughwood)
Verse in four unnumbered stanzas; first line: Zum neuen Jahre geh'n vom Herzen., Parallel German and Czech texts; Czech title: Přáňi k nowému roku., Signed at foot: Dero unterthänigste Kaminfeger - Gesellen des Herrn Leopold Jedlicz̃ka., Presumably printed in late 1847 for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Printed in two columns inside an ornamental border that includes depictions of chimney sweeps; printed area measures 39.8 x 24.7 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Jedlicz̃ka, Leopold
Date
[1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #O Czech Jedli 10127.F (Roughwood)
Verse in four unnumbered stanzas; first line: Zum neuen Jahre geh'n vom Herzen., Parallel German and Czech texts; Czech title: Přáňi k nowému roku., Signed at foot: Dero unterthänigste Kaminfeger - Gesellen des Herrn Leopold Jedlicz̃ka., Presumably printed in late 1847 for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Printed in two columns inside an ornamental border that includes depictions of chimney sweeps; printed area measures 39.8 x 24.7 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Jedlicz̃ka, Leopold
Date
[1847]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #O Czech Jedli 10127.F (Roughwood)
Verse in thirty-two unnumbered lines; first line: Im Verklärungslichte schweben., Signed at foot: Dero unterthänigste Schornsteinfeger in Korneuburg., Presumably printed in late 1846 for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Printed inside an ornamental border, signed "J. Zwettler lith.", depicting the change from 1846 to 1847, and the moths of the year; printed area measures 35.9 x 21.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1846]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #O Czech Wunsch 10131.F (Roughwood)
Verse in thirty-two unnumbered lines; first line: Im Verklärungslichte schweben., Signed at foot: Dero unterthänigste Schornsteinfeger in Korneuburg., Presumably printed in late 1846 for distribution on or about New Year's Day., Printed inside an ornamental border, signed "J. Zwettler lith.", depicting the change from 1846 to 1847, and the moths of the year; printed area measures 35.9 x 21.2 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1846]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #O Czech Wunsch 10131.F (Roughwood)
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.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1851 Watch 9521.F (Roughwood)
A broadside of moral and religious aphorisms in rhyme., Caption title., At head of title: Im Nahmen der allerheiligsten Dreyfaltigkeit., Sometimes attributed to Christopher Dock. While he may have used this broadside in his school, the text predates him., Printed on laid paper with watermark "P"; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 33.9 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[between 1770 and 1800?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1770 Goldene 9523.F (Roughwood)
A broadside of moral and religious aphorisms in rhyme., Caption title., At head of title: Im Nahmen der allerheiligsten Dreyfaltigkeit., Sometimes attributed to Christopher Dock. While he may have used this broadside in his school, the text predates him., Printed on laid paper with watermark "P"; printed area, including double-rule border, measures 33.9 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[between 1770 and 1800?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1770 Goldene 9523.F (Roughwood)
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.
Date
[1851]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1851 Watch 9521.F (Roughwood)
