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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1840

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

GUSN

GUSN-193682

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Description

Cover shows the procession around the uncompleted Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Massachusetts. "As performed on the 'Glorious 10th of September,' composed and dedicated to the Delegates of the Bunker-Hill Whig Convention of 1840."

Details

Descriptive Terms

monuments
soldiers
commemorations (events)
sheet music
prints (visual works)

Additional Identification Number

Sheet music project number SMHNE510

Physical Description

1 print : lithograph

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.10.TMP.032

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Hews, George, 1806-1873 (Composer)
Sharp, William, 1803-1875 (Artist)
Sharp & Michelin & Co. (Printer)
Parker & Ditson (Publisher)

Material Type

sheet music
prints (visual works)

Subjects

Whig party

Accruals Note

Included in the Sheet Music Images Database.
Military
Dedicated to the delegates to the Bunker Hill Whig Convention. Performed on September 10, 1840.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Parker & Ditson

Location Note

Library and Archives. Stacks. Sheet Music. General Collection

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