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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Lines composed on the death of George Bartow: who was killed by lightning on the 28th day of May, 1851, on the shore of Lake Erie, near Port Clinton, in the county of Ottawa, State of Ohio

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Within ornamental border printed in two columns.

Lines composed on the death of General Washington

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Printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. At lft of title vignette of flowers. Poem in eleven seven-line stanzas. Suggested publication date from internal evidence; Washington died at the end of 1799.

Lines composed on the death of General Washington

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Lines composed on the death of General Washington

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Lines composed on the death of Caroline Bagley: who died Nov. 3, 1853, aged 19 years

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Within border of type ornament sections. Poem in six four-line stanzas.

Lines composed on the death of Caroline Bagley: who died Nov. 3, 1853, aged 19 years

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Within border of type ornament sections. Poem in six four-line stanzas.

Lines composed on the death of Caroline Bagley: who died Nov. 3, 1853, aged 19 years

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Within border of type ornament sections. Poem in six four-line stanzas.

Lines composed on the death of a dear sister: who died May 27th, A.D. 1849

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by R.E.J. Within border of type ornaments.

Lines composed on seeing the recumbent statue of a crusader in an English cathedral

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Christmas card. At end of text: Christmas greetings from Mr. and Mrs. John Haynes Holmes.

Lines composed on reading the life of Mrs. Harriet Newell

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by a young lady. Within border of type ornaments. Internal evidence suggests date approximation.

Lines composed in memory of Miss Angenette Garland, daughter of David and Mary Garland, of Rye, N.H., who died August 1, 1858, aged 16 years

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Within ornamental border.

Lines composed for Mr. Timothy Leland: on the occasion of a birth day visit from his children Three quarters of a century having rolled over his head

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Within border of type ornaments.

Lines composed for Mr. Timothy Leland: on the occasion of a birth day visit from his children Three quarters of a century having rolled over his head

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Within border of type ornaments.

Lines composed for Mr. Timothy Leland: on the occasion of a birth day visit from his children Three quarters of a century having rolled over his head

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Within border of type ornaments.

Lines composed by William Ramsdell, on the death of three brothers, aged five, seven and ten years: who were carried by the current, in a boat, over Hooksett Falls, N.H., October 21, 1845

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Within ornamental border; printed in two columns divided by double line. In lower left corner below curvilinear line, within border: Howe's Sheet Anchor Press, 39 Merchants Row, Boston.

Lines composed by William Ramsdell, on the death of three brothers, aged five, seven and ten years: who were carried by the current, in a boat, over Hooksett Falls, N.H., October 21, 1845

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Within ornamental border; printed in two columns divided by double line. In lower left corner below curvilinear line, within border: Howe's Sheet Anchor Press, 39 Merchants Row, Boston.

Lines composed by Sally J. Avery, while on her death-bed

Lines composed by John B. Witham: on the dreadful and untimely death of Georgiana Lovering, of Northwood, N.H., who was willfully murdered by Frank Evans

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Poetry in 12 eight-line stanzas.

Lines composed by John B. Witham: on the dreadful and untimely death of Georgiana Lovering, of Northwood, N.H., who was willfully murdered by Frank Evans

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Poetry in 12 eight-line stanzas.

Lines composed by John B. Witham: on the dreadful and untimely death of Georgiana Lovering, of Northwood, N.H., who was willfully murdered by Frank Evans

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Poetry in 12 eight-line stanzas.

Lines composed by Daniel Crane of Seneca County, N.Y. in commemoration of the beauties of the "Hinton House," Delaware, O

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Within border of type ornaments.

Lines composed by a young lady on the death of Simon Gains: who died in East-Hartford, Jan. 31st, 1841, in the 18th year of his age

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First line: This young man bright, of whom I write.

Lines composed by a young lady on the death of Simon Gains: who died in East-Hartford, Jan. 31st, 1841, in the 18th year of his age

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First line: This young man bright, of whom I write.

Lines composed by a young lady on the death of Simon Gains: who died in East-Hartford, Jan. 31st, 1841, in the 18th year of his age

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First line: This young man bright, of whom I write.

Lines composed at uptown magazine rack, 1970

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