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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Captain James: who was hung and gibbeted in England, for starving to death his cabin boy

Printed area measures 20.9 x 16.2.cm. Verse in 92 lines, printed in two columns divided by line of advertising: Sold Wholesale and Retail by L. Deming, No. 1, Market Square, corner of Merchants' Row, Boston. Above was Leonard Deming's address, also given as 1 south side of Faneuil Hall, from 1829-1831. First lines: Come all you noble bold commanders, that the raging ocean use.

Captain James: Who was hung and gibbeted in England, for starving do Death his Cabin-Boy

Poem in 23 four-line stanzas printed in two columns divided by heavy rule. Printed area measures 23.8 x 15.5 cm. Cuts of ship (cf. Reilly 1143) at left of first line of title. Internal evidence suggested the date approximation and possible area of publication. Absence of long s makes it questionable that it is either B10733 or B10734 listed in Bristol.

Captain James: who was hung & gibbeted in England, for starving do death his cabin-boy

Poem of 23 four-line stanzas printed in two columns divided by single rule. Imprint information at end of second column beneath dotted line. Cuts of ship and gallows at right and left of title. Internal evidence suggests the 1800s date approximation. Middle Street was the address of printer Angier March to 1799 and of printer John Gilman between 1805 and 1810. This edition not in Bristol, Shaw/Shoemaker or Ford.

Captain James

Captain James

Brown University

Poem of 21 four-line stanzas printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. At end of second column below rule: Printed and sold wholesale and retail, by C. Brown, 211 Water-street, near Fulton, New York. Christian Brown was listed at above address from 1825 to 1834.

Captain Glen's unhappy voyage to New Barbary

Verse in twenty-two stanzas. Printed in two columns divided by line of advertising: Sold wholesale and retail by Leonard Deming, No. 1, Market-Square, corner of Merchant's Row, Boston. Leonard Deming was at this address, also given as 1 south side of Faneuil Hall, from 1829 to 1831. Printed area: 18.9 x 13.5 cm. First line: There was a ship, and a ship of fame. Not in Checklist Amer. imprints. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.

Captain Clark's ride

Captain Clark's ride

Brown University

At head of text: Dedicated to Captain Chas. J. Clark by his comrades May 10, 1910. Portrait: General George G. Meade.

Captain America

Captain America

Brown University

Processed copy. Yellow paper printed in black. Poem in 23 lines each consisting of a single word. Type-signed at end: By Tom Clark. A Blue Suede Shoes Free Poem July 1971.

Capt. Jones' Victory, or The capture of the Frolic

Borders of type ornaments at head and end; printed in two columns divided by line of type ornaments. Imprint date suggested by typography and content. Same imprint origin as John Hay Library copy HB10305 (Russell, P.: The lines of this sheet, were composed by the unfortunate ... )

Cape Blomidon

Cape Blomidon

Brown University

by Watson Kirkconnell. Page [4] blank. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Cape Blomidon. Caption title. Poem in nine four-line stanzas.

Cape Blomidon

Cape Blomidon

Brown University

by Watson Kirkconnell. Page [4] blank. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Cape Blomidon. Caption title. Poem in nine four-line stanzas.

Cape Blomidon

Cape Blomidon

Brown University

by Watson Kirkconnell. Page [4] blank. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Cape Blomidon. Caption title. Poem in nine four-line stanzas.

Cape Blomidon

Cape Blomidon

Brown University

by Watson Kirkconnell. Page [4] blank. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Cape Blomidon. Caption title. Poem in nine four-line stanzas.

Cape Blomidon

Cape Blomidon

Brown University

by Watson Kirkconnell. Page [4] blank. On page [1] reproduction of photograph of Cape Blomidon. Caption title. Poem in nine four-line stanzas.

Canton, 3rd November, 1880

Broadsheet. On the recto a prose description of a garden party given by A.R. Hewlett, the British consul at Canton for the foreign residents. On the verso a poem in nine four-line stanzas.

Canticum

Canticum

Brown University

of type ornament sections. To be sung to the tune: Gaudeamus. At head of title: Psi Upsilon. At head of text: By Bro. Elias R. Pennoyer of the XI. Latin poem in five five-line stanzas. At end of text: Oct., 1855. Printed by the XI.

Candlemas night

Candlemas night

Brown University

Signed, in print, at end: T.W. Parsons. Written in memory of Wendell Phillips.

Candee. 9

Candee. 9

Brown University

Advertising cards for rubber boots and overshoes manufactured by the Candee Company. Title fro first word on recto at left of each broadside Sepia reproductions of photographs of people wearing Candee rubbers or boots

Candee. 8

Candee. 8

Brown University

Advertising cards for rubber boots and overshoes manufactured by the Candee Company. Title fro first word on recto at left of each broadside Sepia reproductions of photographs of people wearing Candee rubbers or boots

Candee. 7

Candee. 7

Brown University

Advertising cards for rubber boots and overshoes manufactured by the Candee Company. Title fro first word on recto at left of each broadside Sepia reproductions of photographs of people wearing Candee rubbers or boots