Title from first line. With initial block.

Title from first line. With initial block.

Title from first line. With initial block.

Advertising brochure. Contains reproduction of engraved portrait of Rice with facsimile autograph.

Printed in three columns divided by single lines. At center: half-length cut of R. Rice with facsimile signature, captioned: The American poet, Cambridge, N.Y.

Printed in three columns divided by single lines. At center: half-length cut of R. Rice with facsimile signature, captioned: The American poet, Cambridge, N.Y. At head of text: The following dirge, written in 1859 ... will ... be of more value to the world than the cemetery of its dedication. Since its first production the author has been solicited ... to publish it in circular form ..

Pages [2] and [4] blank. Cover title. Author's name not on item. Author's and publisher's names from press; suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Poem in 10 stanzas. Text includes references to Jedidiah Morse's American gazetteer (1797), Nathanael Greene, Oliver Hazard Perry, Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808; U.S. congressman, 1790-96; district court judge, 1796-1801, etc.), and James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820; U.S. senator, 1817-1820); there are no later references. Title and text within ornamental border, identical in design to the border used for the "Carriers' address, January 1, 1849" issued by the Providence daily journal.

Contains five anthems and hymns beginning with: Hymn. Ancient of Days, who sittest, thron'd in glory [First line]

Poem in 10 stanzas. At head of text: "When Joel Barton [i.e. Barlow], the celebrated American poet, was a minister at some foreign court ... he often made a stroll among the peasantry, and refreshed himself with a bowl of hasty pudding and milk, which he declared more luxuriant than the banquets of courts. He thought it no disparagement to eulogize in his poetic writings; and I, being a great lover of hot Johnny-Cake, thought I would in a ballad,--so here it is". The reference is to Joel Barlow's long poem "The hasty pudding", first published in 1796. Text includes references to Jedidiah Morse's American gazetteer (1797), Nathanael Greene, Oliver Hazard Perry, Benjamin Bourne (1755-1808; U.S. congressman, 1790-96; district court judge, 1796-1801, etc.), and James Burrill, Jr. (1772-1820; U.S. senator, 1817-1820); there are no later references. Brown University, John Hay Library copy has dated "1862" in pencil, possibly a contemporary inscription; accompanied by a card, with note in pencil: "Who wrote R.I. Johnny Cake. The original is signed 'Farmers Exchange' Glocester RI June 2 without the year--it is from an old newspaper probably, as early as 1815 there are many verbal changes." The text includes numerous variants from an earlier broadside printing (184-?) also in the John Hay Library, though it is the same in substance and in no way updated.

Tune: The old oaken bucket.

1 broadsheet. Folded into thirds, creating six pages, program, program notes and poetry.

At head of text: Dedicated to Alice Thompson Smith.

1 broadsheet. Tune: Marching through Georgia.

1 broadsheet. Tune: Marching through Georgia.

Broadsheet printed in dark blue on recto and black on verso. On recto wood-engraving of boy taking book from shelf and small child playing with toy horse; four vignettes of playing children at corners. On recto printed vertically at each side: Reward of merit; at center: This is to certify that [blank] by diligence and attention merits my approbation. On verso poem in four four-line stanzas entitled: Blessing. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

French fold; printed on double page. At center of title reproduction of photograph of George Jackson. Cover title. Imprint information from dealer.

French fold; printed on double page. At center of title reproduction of photograph of George Jackson. Cover title. Imprint information from dealer.

Printed in colors on recto, black on verso. Illustrations, on recto, include a yoke and a map of Israel and Judah. Sunday school lesson. Text of hymn on recto; on verso, lesson and quiz. In upper corners on recto: 1. July 5. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

as used by Mrs. M.B. Woodworth, the evangelist, in her revival meetings. Without music.

Text of hymn in ten four-line stanzas. Author's name from ms. notation on Brown University copy. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.

Text of hymn in ten four-line stanzas. Author's name from ms. notation on Brown University copy. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.

Printed in colors on recto, black on verso. Illustrations, on recto, include God's hand, a cross and a chain. Sunday school lesson. Text of hymn on recto; on verso, lesson and advice. In upper corners on recto: 13. Mar. 29. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

Printed in colors on recto, black on verso. Illustrations, on recto, include a soldier in armor and a crown. Sunday school lesson. Text of hymn on recto; on verso, lesson and advice. In upper corners on recto: 13. June 28. Suggested range of publication dates from internal evidence.

At end of text: Anonymus [sic] John A. Castleman ..

Advertisement for Sisson's Clothing Store, imitating Poe's The raven. Advertisement for Sisson's Clothing Store, imitating Poe's The raven. by Frederick. Printed in two columns divided by curvilinear line within decorative border. At head of text: Poicks, No. 2. At end of text: Fall River, Oct. 18th, 1856.