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"The Barber's Ghost," January 7, 1825, Unknown Author Jan 1825

"The Barber's Ghost," January 7, 1825, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Typed copy of a folk tale appearing in the Chronicle of the Times of Reading, dated January 7, 1825. The unknown author tells the story of a man pretending to be a ghost in order to trick the gambling patrons at an inn and take their money.

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Anecdote From The Chronicle Of The Times, July 30, 1823, Unknown Author Jul 1823

Anecdote From The Chronicle Of The Times, July 30, 1823, Unknown Author

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed copy of a humorous anecdote taken from the Reading, Pennsylvania Chronicle of the Times, dated July 30, 1823. The tale concerns the occupation of grave diggers in the afterlife.

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Three Goddesses In Pursuit Of Paris, Author Unknown Dec 1819

Three Goddesses In Pursuit Of Paris, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Three women discovered the prettiest

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Copy Of Advertisements In The Marietta Pilot Newspaper, January 5, 1816, Marietta Pilot Newspaper Jan 1816

Copy Of Advertisements In The Marietta Pilot Newspaper, January 5, 1816, Marietta Pilot Newspaper

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A typed set of advertisements found in The Marietta Pilot newspaper, dated January 5, 1816. Within, a wife named Catherine responds to a previous advertisement placed by her husband, John Galbaugh, which discredited her character. Catherine refutes her husband, claiming that he is the cause of any financial hardship they must endure.

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South Gates, Author Unknown Jan 1815

South Gates, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Calming fears about a bank failing

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Moore's Prophecies For The Year 1813, Author Unknown Dec 1812

Moore's Prophecies For The Year 1813, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Prophesies of the year 1813 in relation to Britians effort in the Napoleonic Wars.

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Verses Addressed To A Certain Duke, Author Unknown Oct 1812

Verses Addressed To A Certain Duke, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

An opposition to the election of George Eden to the House of Commons.

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Parody On The Bee Proffer's Honey, Author Unknown Feb 1812

Parody On The Bee Proffer's Honey, Author Unknown

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A woman turns down the advances of two men.

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John Hobbs, John Hobbs, Author Unknown Aug 1811

John Hobbs, John Hobbs, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Details the troubled marriage of John and Jane Hobbs

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Bonaparte, Author Unknown Mar 1811

Bonaparte, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Song concerning Napoleon Bonaparte and the British

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The Hunting Of Chevy Chace, Author Unknown Dec 1810

The Hunting Of Chevy Chace, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Song probably describing the Battle of Otterburn during border disputes between England and Scotland

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Baron Donder-Dronk-Dickdorf And Miss Quoltz, Author Unknown Mar 1810

Baron Donder-Dronk-Dickdorf And Miss Quoltz, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

No abstract provided.

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The Ghost Of A Scrag Of Mutton, C. Dibdin Jan 1809

The Ghost Of A Scrag Of Mutton, C. Dibdin

Broadside Ballads: England

Moral related to the Napoleonic Wars and British might.

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Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages, Major Downs Apr 1807

Paddy M'Shane's Seven Ages, Major Downs

Broadside Ballads: England

Details the life of a fictional lad from Ballyporeen (Ireland)

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Rosabell, John Mayne Dec 1806

Rosabell, John Mayne

Broadside Ballads: England

Details the love between a departing soldier his love, Rosabell

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Five Miles Off, Author Unknown Sep 1806

Five Miles Off, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative of a relationship between a man and a woman with another lover

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Elijah's Mantle, Author Unknown Feb 1806

Elijah's Mantle, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A song about Prime Minister William Pitt securing Britain's nationhood.

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Lines On The Funeral Procession Of Britannia's Favorite Son, Author Unknown Dec 1805

Lines On The Funeral Procession Of Britannia's Favorite Son, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Lines on the Funeral Procession of Britannia's Favorite Son, Lord Viscount Nelson, Late Admiral of the White, Baron of Thope in the County of Norfolk, and of the Nile, Duke of Bronti in Sicily etc. who was mortally wounded in the ever-memorable Battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805, and interred in St. Paul's Cathedral, with every mark of National Respect, on Thursday, January 9, 1806.

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The Loyal Briton's Song, Author Unknown Jul 1803

The Loyal Briton's Song, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Verse concerning British nationalism circa the Napoleonic Wars

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The Royal Stag-Hunt, J. West Dec 1802

The Royal Stag-Hunt, J. West

Broadside Ballads: England

Song concerning a merry stag (deer) hunting and honoring Kings & Queens

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Monody On The Much Lamented Death Of The Most Noble Francis Duke Of Bedford, Author Unknown Dec 1801

Monody On The Much Lamented Death Of The Most Noble Francis Duke Of Bedford, Author Unknown

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Mourning song for Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford

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A Bond-Street Lounger, George Saville Carey (1743-1807) Jun 1800

A Bond-Street Lounger, George Saville Carey (1743-1807)

Broadside Ballads: England

Details a man who lives all his days at another's expense

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Young Casey Is The Lad, Author Unknown Dec 1793

Young Casey Is The Lad, Author Unknown

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Enlistment and tenure of a soldier under Corporal Casey

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The Primrose Girl, Author Unknown Aug 1793

The Primrose Girl, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

No abstract provided.

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Desponding Negro, Author Unknown Aug 1793

Desponding Negro, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative of a slave

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The Loyalist, Author Unknown Dec 1791

The Loyalist, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Loyalty for King George III and Britain

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Carrion Crow, Author Unknown Oct 1790

Carrion Crow, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

A man shoots an arrow into a sow instead of a crow.

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Sweet Poll Of Plymouth, Author Unknown Feb 1786

Sweet Poll Of Plymouth, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

An impressed sailor leaves his love at home.

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The Double Mistake, Author Unknown May 1785

The Double Mistake, Author Unknown

Broadside Ballads: England

Narrative song concerning socioeconomic classes interacting and drinking.

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A Pious Warning To All Wicked And Impenitent Sinners, Author Unknown Dec 1752

A Pious Warning To All Wicked And Impenitent Sinners, Author Unknown

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Set forth in the confession and plain conviction of Bezaleel Knowles, a young Quaker, about 17: Who, before the learned, righteous and honourable Judge Sir Michael Foster, was try'd at York, on Saturday, March 24 1753, found guilty, and sentenc'd to be executed [ill.] the 16th, between 8 and 12, for the horrid, barbarous and almost unparallell'd Murder of Mrs. Dorothy Gibson, late of Knaresborough, on the 25th of January last.

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