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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Pity the poor seaman

Pity the poor seaman

Brown University

Within ornamental border. At end of text: Thomas Porter, Seamen's Missionary, No. 159 Queen St., Phila.

Pity the blind

Pity the blind

Brown University

Poem, in 6 stanzas; an appeal for charity. Title in capital letters. At head of text: Tune--The watcher. Some other eds. attributed to Anthony K. Simmons, of Tiverton, R.I., or New Bedford, Mass. A similar work, with verses 2-6 almost identical to verses 1-5 in this ed., was issued under the same title and attributed to "Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman". At end of text, below border: Berry, Printer, 37 Plum St., Portland. Printed in reddish-brown within border of type ornaments. First line: Come all true hearted people.

Pity the blind

Pity the blind

Brown University

Composed by Miss Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman. Poem in seven eight-line stanzas. At head of title two-line verse, with first line: "Do unto others as we would. Attribution questionable: one of several broadsides on a wide variety of subjects purporting to have been written by Nancy J. Smith, variously described. The text appears to suggest a publication date in the later part of the 19th century; cf. reference to a "large steamer". Printed area: 22.4 x 6.7 cm.

Pity the blind

Pity the blind

Brown University

By Anthony K. Simmons, Tiverton, R.I. Poem, in 6 stanzas; an appeal for charity. Title reads (Including capitalization): Pity the Blind. BY ANTHONY K. SIMMONS, Tiverton, R.I. Attribution to Simmons questionable; a similar work, with verses 2-6 almost identical to verses 1-5 in this ed., was issued under the same title and attributed to "Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman". At head of text: Tune--The watcher. Below text, two endorsements: The bearer of this is well known in New Bedford ... [Printed signature:] George S. Alexander, pastor of M.E. Church, South Truro. Having known Anthony K. Simmons for a number of years ... [Printed signature:] Rev. Moses How. Printed area: 22.8 x 9.7 cm. Printed within border of type ornaments on yellow paper; decorative rules separate title from author statement and the statement from name of tune. First line: Come all true hearted people.

Pity the blind

Pity the blind

Brown University

By Anthony K. Simmons, Tiverton, R.I. Printed on yellow paper within border of type ornaments. Poem, in 6 stanzas; an appeal for charity. To be sung to the tune: The watcher. Attribution to Simmons questionable; a similar work, with verses 2-6 almost identical to verses 1-5 in this version, was issued under the same title and attributed to "Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman". Below text, two endorsements: The bearer of this is well known in New Bedford ... [Printed signature:] George S. Alexander, pastor of M.E. Church, South Truro. Having known Anthony K. Simmons for a number of years ... [Printed signature:] Rev. Moses How. Printed area: 24 x 7.6 cm. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Pity the blind

Pity the blind

Brown University

Poem, in 6 stanzas; an appeal for charity. A similar work, with verses 2-6 almost identical to verses 1-5 in this ed., was issued under the same title and attributed to "Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman". At head of text: Tune--The watcher. Below text, an endorsement: Having known Anthony K. Simmons for a number of years ... [Printed signature:] Rev. Moses How, New Bedford, July 12, 1859. Printed area: 22.6 x 7.8 cm. Printed within elaborate border of type ornaments on white paper; short rules separate title from tune and tune from text; long rule separates text from the endorsement. First line: Come all true hearted people.

Pity the blind

Pity the blind

Brown University

By Anthony K. Simmons, of Tiverton, R.I. Poem, in 6 stanzas; an appeal for charity. Attribution to Simmons questionable; a similar work, with verses 2-6 almost identical to verses 1-5 in this ed., was issued under the same title and attributed to "Mrs. Nancy J. Smith, a poor blind woman". At head of text: Tune--The watcher. Below text, two endorsements: [Finger pointing right] The bearer of this is well known in New Bedford ... [Printed signature:] Geo. S. Alexander, pastor M.E. Church, South Truro. [Finger pointing right] Having known Anthony K. Simmons for a number of years ... [Printed signature:] Rev. Moses How. Printed area: 23.5 x 7.9 cm. Printed within border of type ornaments on blue paper; decorative rule separates title from author statement; short straight rules separate author statement from name of tune and tune name from text; and long wavy rule separates text from the endorsements. First line: Come all true hearted people.

Pisano! 1280. 1879

Pisano! 1280. 1879

Brown University

At head of text: Dedicated to the Royal Society of Heraldry, Pisá, Italy, by C.D. Bradlee. At end of text: Andrea Pisano! Born in Pisá, Italy 1280.

Pioneers

Pioneers

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Poem in eight three-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of text: William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts U.S.A. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Pioneer's song

Pioneer's song

Brown University

Written for the Pioneers' reunion by Mrs. Jane M. McCully, and first sung Thursday, Sept. 11th, 1879. Tune: Auld lang syne.

Pilgrims ancient and modern

Printed on card stock. On page [1] illustration of spray of apple blossom captioned: Engraved by John A. Lowell & Co., Boston, U.S.A. On page [1] below illustration quotation from Whittier's The s beginning: So live the Fathers in their sons. Poem in four eight-line stanzas. Type-signed at end of poem: Written and composed for the occasion. Words by I.N. Tarbox, D.D. Music by Samuel Carr, Jr. On page [4] program for Congregational Club meeting at Boston Music Hall Dec. 21, 1885.

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage

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Advertising for John Engels's "The seasons in Vermont" with background information on the advertised edition. Advertising for John Engels's "The seasons in Vermont" with background information on the advertised edition. Poetry and prose. Caption title. Printed in light brown and black with short line of type ornaments in green. Poem "Pilgrimage" on pages [2] and [3]; colophon on page [4] "Tamarack, 128 Benedict Avenue, Syracuse, N.Y. 13210." Dated from publication date of book.

Pilgrim's Terrace

Pilgrim's Terrace

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Review of Tram Combs's poems as published in his book, Pilgrim's Terrace. Typescript. At end of text: William Carlos Williams.

Pilgrim

Pilgrim

Brown University

Printed in brown on heavy cream paper in postcard format. Poem in 17 lines. "'Pilgrim' Julia, Susan Bright first edition"--Verso. Suggested publication date from publication date of book.

Pilgrim

Pilgrim

Brown University

Printed in brown on heavy cream paper in postcard format. Poem in 17 lines. "'Pilgrim' Julia, Susan Bright first edition"--Verso. Suggested publication date from publication date of book.

Pilgrim

Pilgrim

Brown University

Printed in brown on heavy cream paper in postcard format. Poem in 17 lines. "'Pilgrim' Julia, Susan Bright first edition"--Verso. Suggested publication date from publication date of book.

Pilgrim

Pilgrim

Brown University

Poetry in 7 eight-line stanzas. Appears to be fragment of a larger broadside, giving the seven first stanzas of twelve. Poem is attributed to John Adam Granade by Dr. Richard Hulan in "John Adam Granade: The "Wild Man" of Goose Creek" in: Western Folklore, 1974, pp.77-87. Possible range of dates suggested by internal evidence.

Pike County herald: published once in a great while by the Thanhouser Company. : Extra! all about "Jim Bludso"

by Hon. John Hay, Secretary of State. Advertisement for a dramatization of Jim Bludso. At head of text: These are the Pike County ballads ... from which I.N. Morris dramatized "Jim Bludso". At foot of sheet: Milwaukee union label, followed by printer's imprint: The Schueppert-Zoeller Printing Co., 144 Reed St. At end of text: The first production of this stirring melodrama Jim Bludso in Milwaukee will be made by the Thanhouser Company at the Academy next Monday evening.

Pictures in the glass

Pictures in the glass

Brown University

by Col. J.H. Bartlett. Poem. At head of text: Scene is laid in a barroom in the winter. First line: Come boys draw up around the fire this cold and blustering night.