Harris Broadsides

Broadsides are single-sheet publications, often issued as ephemera or announcements. The Harris Broadsides Collection is a comprehensive collection of American poetry published in broadside format from colonial times to the present. The collection offers materials covering a broad spectrum of American life, and includes poetry of every description: 18th and 19th century ballads, verse describing newsworthy events, poetic effusions of sentimentality and patriotism, comic verse, and much more. When completed, this digital project will include over 20,000 titles.
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Poor old slave

Poor old slave

Brown University

Poetry without music in three eight-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: The poor old slave has gone to rest. Text within pictorial border (same as B in Wolf: Wrigley Ethiopian) Colophon in lower border: H. De Marsan. Dealer in songs, toy books, &c. No. 54 Chatham, N.Y. H. De Marsan is listed at above address between 1861 and 1865. The text of the poem is attributed to G.W.H. Griffin.

Poor old slave

Poor old slave

Brown University

Poetry without music in three eight-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: The poor old slave has gone to rest. Text within border of type ornaments with decorative corners. Colophon at end of text below rule within border: Sold wholesale by Horace Partridge, at No. 27 Hanover Street, Boston. Horace Partrige is listed at above address between 1860 and 1870. The poem is attributed to G.W.H. Griffin. This edition not in Wolf.

Poor old slave

Poor old slave

Brown University

Poetry without music in three four-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: That poor old slave is gone to rest. Text within border of type ornament sections. Colophon and advertising at end of text below curvilinear rule within border: J.H. Johnson. Card and job printer, No. 7 North Tenth Street, three doors above Market, Philadelphia. Cards, Circulars, bill-heads ... neatly printed, with accuray and despatch. 25 per cent. less than any other printer in the city. J.H. Johnson is listed at above address between 1858 and 1876. The poem is attributed to G.W.H. Griffin.

Poor old slave

Poor old slave

Brown University

Poetry without music in three eight-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: The poor old slave has gone to rest. Text within border of type ornament sections. Colophon below border in lower margin: World Manufacturing Company, 122 Nassau Street, New York. Possible range of dates suggested by other broadsides of the same title. The poem is attributed to G.W.H. Griffin. This edition not in Wolf.

Poor old slave

Poor old slave

Brown University

Poetry without music in three eight-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: The poor old slave has gone to rest. Text within border of type ornaments with decorative corners. Colophon at end of text below rule within border: Sold wholesale by Horace Partridge, at No. 27 Hanover Street, Boston. Horace Partrige is listed at above address between 1860 and 1870. The poem is attributed to G.W.H. Griffin. This edition not in Wolf.

Poor old slave

Poor old slave

Brown University

Poetry without music in three eight-line stanzas with chorus, beginning: The poor old slave has gone to rest. Text within pictorial border (same as B in Wolf: Wrigley Ethiopian) Colophon in lower border: H. De Marsan. Dealer in songs, toy books, &c. No. 54 Chatham, N.Y. H. De Marsan is listed at above address between 1861 and 1865. The text of the poem is attributed to G.W.H. Griffin.

Poor Billy

Poor Billy

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments.

Poor Billy

Poor Billy

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments.

Pompeii

Pompeii

Brown University

At head of title: From the Boston Courier, June 11th, 1871. At end of text: Cedar Hill, West Roxbury.

Polly, the female soldier

Poem in nine numbered four-line stanzas. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Polly Tilley's shop

Polly Tilley's shop

Brown University

Pages [2-4] blank. Printed in two columns. At head of text: (Written expressly for the Christmas Visitor by Lieut. Governor Charles C. Van Zandt)

Politics

Politics

Brown University

Poem. Title from caption on p. [2] At end of text: Isaac P. Noyes. Boat House, Wakefield, R.I. Sept. 10th, 1906.

Political polliwogs

Political polliwogs

Brown University

Page [4] blank. Cover title. At head of poem on page [2]: Respectfully dedicated to Wm. McKinley that is and is to be, President of the United States. Reprint of letter of acknowledgement from J.A. Porter, Secretary to the President dated Washington, Nov. 20, 1899, on page [3]

Political democracy, as it exists and practically works

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in black and red on heavy brown paper with rubricated initial. Cover text within red double-line border with corner and center ornaments; at head and end of text page double lines with ornaments. Type-signed at end of text: Walt Whitman (1871)

Political democracy, as it exists and practically works

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Printed in black and red on heavy brown paper with rubricated initial. Cover text within red double-line border with corner and center ornaments; at head and end of text page double lines with ornaments. Type-signed at end of text: Walt Whitman (1871)

Poland tragedy

Poland tragedy

Brown University

Within border of type ornaments. Tune: Major's only son. At end of text: O.K.Y. Probable author O.K. Yates.

Poland

Poland

Brown University

Poem in two six-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of poem: William Kimberley Palmer. November 2, 1925.