The age of India rubber

Poetry. Border of type ornaments at left and right curvilinear line on top, double rule on bottom; printed vertically in right margin: 497. At end of text above double rule: Sold by Horace Partridge, 105 Hanover St. up stairs, Boston. Song sheet praises India rubber as "new invention" used in many products; inclusion of judges' wigs and seats in Parliament and reference to American users of rubber as "they" suggest English origin. Partridge used this address between 1857 and 1860.