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American Song Sheet Collection, ca. 1840-1860

American Song Sheet printers in New York City and Boston

Consists of American song sheets chiefly printed circa 1840-1860 in New York, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. Includes works by Stephen C. Foster. Song sheets note performances by Dan Emmett, George White, and Charley White. There are also song sheets composed for performance by minstrel groups. Topics of songs include New York gangs and Tammany Hall, slavery and antislavery movements, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Irish immigrants, temperance, Bowery Street activity in New York City, the Crimean War, firefighters and firefighting, national politics, and African-American social life. Principal printer of song sheets was J. Andrews. Also includes some newspaper clippings of popular songs. Collector of song sheets undetermined.

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